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waterflooded

waterflooded is the simple past and past participle of waterflood.

Meaning of waterflood

Verb

waterflood (third-person singular simple present waterfloods, present participle waterflooding, simple past and past participle waterflooded)

  1. To pump water into the ground around an oil well nearing depletion in order to loosen and force out additional oil.
    • We will waterflood the well in order to obtain the remaining oil.

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Questions about waterflooded

What is waterflooded the simple past and past participle of?
Waterflooded is the simple past and past participle of waterflood.

Words near waterflooded in the dictionary

  1. waterfinders
  2. waterfit
  3. waterflea
  4. waterfleas
  5. waterflood
  6. waterflooded
  7. waterflooding
  8. waterfloods
  9. waterflow
  10. waterflows
  11. waterfoot

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