blackwater
[blak-waw-ter, -wot-er]
- any of several human or animal diseases characterized by the production of dark urine as a result of the rapid breakdown of red blood cells.
- blackwater fever.
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Origin of blackwater
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Contemporary Examples
But what—beside perhaps killing ISIS members—could The Artist Formerly Known As Blackwater do for the world today?
Blackwater Founder Wants to Fight Ebola, ISIS, and for the GOP to ‘Get Off Their Ass’Asawin Suebsaeng
September 20, 2014
So I asked him what he sees in terms of the humanitarian potential for something like Blackwater in the world today.
Blackwater Founder Wants to Fight Ebola, ISIS, and for the GOP to ‘Get Off Their Ass’Asawin Suebsaeng
September 20, 2014
The subsequent investigation of this shooting was what prompted a Blackwater manager to threaten a State Department official.
“American Embassy officials in Baghdad sided with Blackwater rather than the State Department investigators,” the paper notes.
Blackwater operated during the Iraq war with a sense that they were untouchable because—well, because they were.
Historical Examples
I would have gone on my knees all the way to Blackwater to see it.
The Woman Thou Gavest MeHall Caine
Sleep in Blackwater to-night, in hopes of weather mending in the morning.
The Woman Thou Gavest MeHall Caine
After that the Blackwater doctor stepped up to say good-bye.
The Woman Thou Gavest MeHall Caine
It overlooked the Blackwater, and commanded an important pass.
The Huguenots in FranceSamuel Smiles.
He had looked into 172 the Blackwater before, but never when there were any logs in the pot.
The BackwoodsmenCharles G. D. Roberts
blackwater
[blăk′wô′tər]
- Wastewater containing bodily or other biological wastes, as from toilets, dishwashers, or kitchen drains. Compare graywater.
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