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fire⋅flood

[fahyuhr-fluhd]
–noun
a procedure designed to extract more oil from a well by injecting compressed air into the ground and burning some of the oil to increase the flow.
Also, fireflooding.
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fire·flood   (fīr'flŭd')   
n.  A procedure for extracting additional oil from a well by injecting compressed air into the petroleum reservoir and burning some of the oil to increase the flow.
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