noun
a process of extracting oil or gas from rock by injecting liquid at high pressure
verb
to extract oil or gas from rock by injecting liquid at high pressure
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The company plans to frack the shale rock formation in order to extract natural gas.
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I heard they're going to frack in the field behind the old barn.
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They're gonna frack the heck out of that land for gas.
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His words seemed to frack through the tension in the room, breaking the silence.