Tom's company is drilling for oil.
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Drilling
//ˈdɹɪlɪŋ//
Synonyms for "drilling" (45 found)
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7 translations across 6 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- boring verb (act of drilling)
Finnish
2 entries- drillinki noun (firearm)
- poraus verb (act of drilling)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- boring verb (act of drilling)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- boring verb (act of drilling)
Spanish
1 entries- perforación verb (act of drilling)
Swedish
1 entries- borrning verb (act of drilling)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Politics is the drilling of very thick planks.
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Tom is drilling the wall.
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I am drilling the door.
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