BP made a series of efforts to contain the leak, from deploying a four-story tall underwater balloon to shooting “junk shots” -- a mix of golf balls, rubber balls and other debris -- into the ruptured well.
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Ruptured
Synonyms for "ruptured" (57 found)
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19 entriesarterial rupturediplomatic rupturegasket rupturegastric ruptureinterpersonal rupturemarital rupturemembrane ruptureorgan ruptureruptured allianceruptured aneurysmruptured aortaruptured arteryruptured discruptured membraneruptured piperuptured spleen
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9 entriesruptured aneurysmruptured appendixruptured arteryruptured discruptured diskruptured eardrumruptured membraneruptured piperuptured vessel
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4 total sentences available.
The explosion ruptured the pipe.
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The ceasefire has repeatedly ruptured.
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All volcanoes in the dataset with magma flow rates greater than one-tenth of a cubic kilometer per year—roughly 40,000 Olympic swimming pools—ruptured their magma chambers within a year.
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