Usually means: High-pressure fluid fractures rock formations.
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  1. hydraulic fracturing: Merriam-Webster
  2. hydraulic fracturing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hydraulic fracturing: Wiktionary
  4. Hydraulic fracturing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Hydraulic fracturing: Energy Dictionary

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  1. Hydraulic-fracturing, hydraulic fracturing: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hydraulic fracturing)

noun:  (oil industry) A technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well (or similar) in order to create fractures in the oil-bearing rock and thus release more oil.

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