gas blowout

  • 11blowout — noun a) a sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre / tire The game between the two teams was nothing but a blowout. b) a sudden release of oil and gas from a well …

    Wiktionary

  • 12Blowout — Blow out auch: Blow|out 〈[bloʊaʊt] m. 6〉 unkontrolliertes Entweichen von Erdöl od. Erdgas aus einem Bohrloch [<engl. blow „blasen“ + out „aus, heraus“] * * * Blow out, Blow|out [ bloʊ|a̮ut, auch: bloʊ |a̮ut], der; s, s [engl. blow out, zu: to… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 13blowout — noun Date: 1822 1. a festive social affair 2. a bursting of a container (as a tire) by pressure of the contents on a weak spot 3. an uncontrolled eruption of an oil or gas well 4. an easy or one sided victory 5. a valley or depression created by… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 14blowout — /bloh owt /, n. 1. a sudden bursting or rupture of an automobile tire. 2. a sudden or violent escape of air, steam, or the like. 3. a hollow formed in a region of shifting sands or light soil by the action of the wind. 4. an uncontrollable escape …

    Universalium

  • 15blowout —    An uncontrolled escape of drilling fluid, gas, oil, or water from a well caused by the formation pressure being greater than the hydrostatic head of the fluid in the hole [6] …

    Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • 16blowout — The flameout of the afterburner, or of the main gas turbine engine, caused by the excessive velocity of incoming primary airflow …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 17blowout — noun 1》 an occasion when a vehicle tyre bursts or an electric fuse melts.     ↘an uprush of oil or gas from a well. 2》 informal a large, lavish meal. 3》 N. Amer. informal a decisive win in an election or sporting contest. 4》 US informal an… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 18blowout — noun (C) 1 a sudden bursting of a tyre: A blow out at this speed could be really dangerous. 2 (usually singular) informal a big expensive meal or large social occasion 3 a sudden uncontrolled escape of oil or gas from a well 4 AmE informal an… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19blowout — blow•out [[t]ˈbloʊˌaʊt[/t]] n. 1) aum a sudden bursting or rupture of an automobile tire 2) a sudden or violent escape of air, steam, or liquid, esp. an uncontrollable escape of oil, gas, or water from a well 3) aer. flame out 4) sts a lavish… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 20blowout — /ˈbloʊaʊt/ (say blohowt) noun 1. a rupture of a motor vehicle tyre. 2. the blowing of a fuse. 3. a sudden or violent escape of air, steam, crude oil or gas from a well, or the like. 4. Economics an excess on the limits of a budget, usually as a… …