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2024
boilover
boilover
See also:
boil over
English
Noun
boilover
(
plural
boilovers
)
A
hazardous
situation where an attempt is made to extinguish semi-enclosed
oil
- or
petrochemical
-fuelled
fire
with
water
, generating
steam
which propels the burning fuel outwards.
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