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Synonyms for spill

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for spill

to grow or spread in a disorderly or planless fashion

to come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily

a sudden involuntary drop to the ground

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Synonyms for spill

liquid that is spilled

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a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction

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the act of allowing a fluid to escape

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a sudden drop from an upright position

cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

flow, run or fall out and become lost

cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over

pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities

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reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)

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I wish I saw his own blood spilt! But let him not deceive himself, for, by the bones of my father and the shade of my mother, they shall pay me down every quarts; or my name is not what it is, and I am not my father's daughter." All this and more to the same effect the landlady delivered with great irritation, and her good maid Maritornes backed her up, while the daughter held her peace and smiled from time to time.
It's no good crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it."
From Salamis to Actium, through Lepanto and the Nile to the naval massacre of Navarino, not to mention other armed encounters of lesser interest, all the blood heroically spilt into the Mediterranean has not stained with a single trail of purple the deep azure of its classic waters.
It was gathered that repair work on the leaking pipeline was underway while recovery of spilt oil from the site is still ongoing.
where [F.sub.v] is the volume fraction evaporated, A and B are the constants, usually selected as 6.3 and 10.3 for crude oils, respectively, [T.sub.G] is the slope of distillation curve, T is the surface temperature of the oil slick, [T.sub.0] = 542.6 - 30.275API + 1.565[API.sup.2] - 0.03439[API.sup.3] + 0.0002604[API.sup.4] is the initial boiling point [38], and API is the density of spilt oil following the classification of the American Petroleum Institute; [theta] = 0.0025[([u.sub.w] + 1).sup.0.78] x 2.437/h is the exposure coefficient of oil slick, and S(i) is the area of the oil slick.