Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

static kill

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: stat-ic kill
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a method of closing an oil well, in which the blowout preventer has been tripped and has closed off oil flow; by pumping in drilling fluid (synthetic mud) through the blowout preventer down the borehole, to push down the artesian oil to contain the oil in its reservoir, and following with concrete (cement) to plug the hole

Inflected Forms

static kills (plural)

Phrases

bottom kill top kill well kill blowout preventer junk shot

Frequently Paired Words

bottom kill top kill well kill blowout preventer blowout junk shot

Questions

What does static kill mean?: a method of closing an oil well, in which the blowout preventer has been tripped and has closed off oil flow; by pumping in drilling fluid (synthetic mud) through the blowout preventer down the borehole, to push down the artesian oil to contain the oil in its reservoir, and following with concrete (cement) to plug the hole

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