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Word entry · 8 letters

fracking

Best crossword clue

"Shale gas method"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɹækɪŋ/Part of speech nounSorted acfgiknrStarts with FEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Method of extracting oil or gas by fracturing rock with pressurized fluid.

Word origin

From frack (“fracture”) + -ing.

Used in a sentence

  • The fracking boom has been fuelled mostly by overheated investment capital, not by cash flow.
  • He's a fracking hawk the likes of which Hopkins never imagined — he's a blue darter.
  • As we said before, will someone please agree on a fracking dual videocard standard?

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