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acidizer

noun

Etymology

From acidize + -er.

  1. derived from acidus
  2. borrowed from acide
  3. suffixed as acidize — “acid + ize”
  4. suffixed as acidizer — “acidize + er”

Definitions

  1. One who treats blocked oil or gas wells with acid.

    • Cunningham v. Olson Drilling co., C.A.Tex., 1948, 171 F.2d 392 (action against owner, driller, and acidizer of oil well by independent contractor's employee).
    • Where nature has cemented the oil-bearing zones with limestone, the acidizer may be called on.
    • That rebirth of clogged wells to flowing ones was especially remunerative to the owner and the acidizer.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA