frack
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6.3
- noun
- /fræk/
- Specialized
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fracturación hidráulica
- During a frack, high-pressure fluids create fractures in the rock to release trapped oil or gas.
- frack fluids
- frack water
- frack sand
In fact, the first sector to layoff people when oil prices fall is the oil sector or the fracking industry.
- In fact, the first sector to layoff people when oil prices fall is the oil sector or the fracking industry.
Examples
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Our recent frack-mania allows our nation to resume oil production levels not seen for 15 years and thus strengthens our hand.
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A new pro-frack documentary called "Frack Nation" is coming out soon, and it's not funded by any energy companies.
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On the side of that frack fluid truck it should say, "Just add water."
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I am a frack equipment operator who happens to be a registered Democrat.
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How could the state of Ohio permit a frack well in this zone?
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It's been around since 1947 when the first frack well was drilled in Kansas.
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Another way to get rid of "frack water" is to reuse a portion of it for fracking.
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I follow her house to its new digs—in a new school district, down a frack truck route (I counted at least 20 frack rigs each coming and going)—presumably sharing the two-lane highway once fall arrives with school buses.
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The frack process involves injecting water and chemicals into the ground to extract natural gas.
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Many communities are debating the environmental impact of frack operations in their areas.
Synonyms
48
4.8
A method of getting oil or gas by forcing liquid into rock to make cracks
2
7.7
A way to get oil or gas from underground rock by pushing high-pressure water to make cracks
Surface Forms
Etymology
Frack as a noun for the oil and gas process comes from the root fract and the word fracture, which mean 'break'. The name fits because the process makes cracks in rock underground to let oil or gas out.