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blowdown

[ bloh-doun ]
/ ˈbloʊˌdaʊn /
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noun
Automotive. a procedure for measuring the compression within an engine to identify certain mechanical defects, such as worn piston rings.
a tree or stand of timber that has been blown down by the wind.
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Origin of blowdown

1880–85 for earlier sense; noun use of verb phrase blow down
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Words related to blowdown

drop, flatten, raze, shoot, shoot down, slash, tumble, bulldoze, demolish, destroy, dynamite, erase, extinguish, obliterate, overthrow, scatter, smash, topple, wipe out, wreck

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British Dictionary definitions for blowdown (1 of 2)

blowdown
/ (ˈbləʊˌdaʊn) /
noun
an accident in a nuclear reactor in which a cooling pipe bursts causing the loss of essential coolant

British Dictionary definitions for blowdown (2 of 2)

blow down
verb
to open a valve in a steam boiler to eject any sediment that has collected
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