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waterflood

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wa⋅ter⋅flood

[waw-ter-fluhd, wot-er-]
–noun
(in the petroleum industry) a method of secondary recovery whereby water is pumped into reservoir rock to force out oil that has ceased to flow under its own pressure.

Origin:
1925–30; water + flood
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