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kick [kik] (petroleum engineering) Entry of fluid into the wellbore when the pressure of the column of drilling fluid is insufficient to withstand the pressure of the fluids in the formation being drilled. (ordnance) Violent backward movement of a gun after being fired, caused by the rearward force of the propellant gases acting on the gun.
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| padded to better protect your head against impacts in any kind of operation: riding in vehicles, kicking down doors or jumping out of aircraft. There was no logical discussion about how Iraqis would react to "blue-eyed kids from Indiana kicking down their doors," he noted, or what the rest of the world would think about an invasion. ``He's got kicking down to a science,'' said the second-year Chaminade football coach. |
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