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along with frack (v.), by 2000 in engineering jargon, short for hydraulic fracturing and with a -k- to keep the -c- hard.
Source: etymonline.com

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v. 1. A process that results in the creation of fractures in rocks. The fracturing is done from a wellbore drilled into reservoir rock formations to increase the rate and ultimate recovery of oil and [..]
Source: urbandictionary.com

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The act of assaulting a toilet with explosive liquid diarrhea.
Source: urbandictionary.com

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Like the term used in oil and gas mining where water is pumped with high pressure into the ground to bring hidden treasure to the surface, Fracking, in the world of adventurous sex, is a term describi [..]
Source: urbandictionary.com

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Originally drawn from hydrologic fracturing in natural gas development, the term can also be used to describe passionate sexual encounters.
Source: urbandictionary.com

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An polite substitute for "Fucking" or "Freaking" from the new series Battlestar Galactica. Similar to frelling. Used by Lucifer7 on irc.subnova.com #hbo.
Source: urbandictionary.com

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A polite term for shoving a lubricated probe into the Earth's hole to release gas.
Source: urbandictionary.com

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A new way of extracting oil from shale deposits via hydraulic fracturing. Unfortunately whoever came up with the name never saw Battlestar Galactica.
Source: urbandictionary.com

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process usually used to extract oil and natural gas in which fractures in the Earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting water, chemicals, and sand at high pressure. Also called hydrauli [..]
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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Also Fracing, Hydrofracking, Hydraulic Fracturing. See Fracking
Source: igem.org.uk (offline)

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The pumping of crude oil, diesel, water or chemicals into a reservoir with such force that the reservoir rock is cracked and results in greater flow of oil or gas from the reservoir.
Source: spectraenergy.com (offline)

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– The process of injecting large amounts of water, chemicals, and sand under high pressure into a gas well to release trapped gas. It is also known as hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracking.
Source: marcellus-shale.us (offline)

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See "hydraulic fracturing"  
Source: energy.usgs.gov (offline)

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See Hydraulic Fracking or Fracturing.
Source: shalegasreporter.com

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 The process of pumping fluids into a productive formation at high rates of injection to hydraulically break the rock. The “fractures” which are created in the rock act as flow channels for the oil an [..]
Source: ledgerpetroleum.com

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The process of pumping fluids into a productive formation at high rates of injection to hydraulically break the rock. The “fractures” which are created in the rock act as flow channels for the oil and [..]
Source: psgdover.com

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The process by which gas is extracted from impermeable shale rocks. Water, proppant
Source: refine.org.uk

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Hydraulic fracturing is the process of injecting high pressure fluids into deep, geologic formations, in order to fracture the rock and render it more permeable. Read our fracking article here
Source: energybc.ca (offline)

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The process of injecting liquid at a high pressure into subterranean rock to force open existing fissures and extract oil or gas.
Source: rgs.org (offline)





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