spill
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- noun
- /spɪl/
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- Oh, is that a picture of a spill on set with a drink?
- oil spill
- spill response
- spill response plan
What about the problems of risks with nuclear spills and explosions and danger?
- What about the problems of risks with nuclear spills and explosions and danger?
- Remember you used me to clean up that coffee spill right off the Bean.
- BPBP, British Petroleum, you know, the oil spill Bros.
Examples
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There's been a major toxic spill in the Shanghai factory district.
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Yeah, the bank found out about the wine spill.
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It looks like you had a little spill there.
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The East Coast gets the brunt of the spill.
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How many oil spills can we endure?
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Pamela stood in the spill of kitchen light, holding a dusty glass bottle.
Fiction book (2001) -
One-time environmental disasters, such as oil spills, provide important lessons about the recovery of marine systems from disturbance.
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Last week, a chemical spill contaminated the river, affecting local wildlife.
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Officials are investigating the cause of the oil spill that occurred near the coast.
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The farmers were concerned about the pesticide spill that could harm their crops.
Synonyms
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An event when water or other things flow over the edge of a container
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An amount of liquid or other substance that flows out by accident
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Liquid that accidentally comes out of a container and makes a mess
A spill of liquid over the edge of a container
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Etymology
Spill originally meant 'to let fall or scatter', which makes it easy to remember a spill as an amount of liquid that has 'fallen out' of a container.