"junk shot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: junk shots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} junk shot (plural junk shots)
  1. (oil industry) A method to shut off a faulty blowout preventer (BOP) by injecting the BOP with material that will clog up the innards and result in a choking off of the hole. Categories (topical): Oil industry Related terms: top kill
    Sense id: en-junk_shot-en-noun-GQ0eBcfO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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