Speakur

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top kill

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English

Syllables
top kill
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a method of closing an oil well, by pumping in drilling fluid (synthetic mud) to shut off the flow of oil, and following with concrete (cement) to plug the hole

Inflected Forms

top kills (plural)

Phrases

bottom kill static kill well kill junk shot blowout preventer

Frequently Paired Words

bottom kill static kill well kill junk shot blowout blowout preventer

Questions

What does top kill mean?
a method of closing an oil well, by pumping in drilling fluid (synthetic mud) to shut off the flow of oil, and following with concrete (cement) to plug the hole

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