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Waterflood

Waterflood \Wa"ter*flood`\, n. [AS. w[ae]terfl[=o]d.] A flood of water; an inundation.

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waterflood

n. 1 An inundation of water. 2 An instance of waterflooding. vb. To pump water into the ground around an oil well nearing depletion in order to loosen and force out additional oil

Usage examples of "waterflood".

Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder?