English Explanatory Dictionary

top kill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

Word forms

top kill top kills

Related words

bottom kill static kill well kill junk shot blowout blowout preventer
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