inject
verb (used with object)
to force (a fluid) into a passage, cavity, or tissue.
reinject
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a word derived from
inject.
Example Sentences
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Both countries are more reliant on foreign oil-field-service companies for drilling and must reinject pressure into mature, low-pressure oil wells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
VA funding makes up the difference, allowing the nonprofit to reinject the money and expand.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
But the final pieces of infrastructure were never built, including a new platform meant to compress the gas gathered from all the oil fields and reinject it to maintain pressure and prolong their useful life.
From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2022
Oil companies will often reinject some of that gas into the ground — not out of the goodness of their hearts but to keep up the pressure that drives oil up out of wells.
From The Verge ● May 4, 2022
One suggestion is to reinject the plume at a depth of 1,000 metres, still thousands of metres above the sea bed.
From Nature ● Jul. 23, 2019
