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hydraulic fracturing

hydraulic fracturing

 
pronunciation:
hai draw lihk fraek ch rIng
part of speech: noun
definition: the injection into an oil or natural gas well of large amounts of pressurized water containing sand and chemicals, which fractures the surrounding rock, creating fissures through which oil or gas flows into the well; fracking.