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Blowout (sports) In sports, a blowout or rout is an easy or one-sided victory. [ 1][ 2] It occurs when one athletic team or individual performer outscores another by a large margin or in such a fashion that the second team or individual has little chance of a victory. The term "blowout" is often used in reference to athletic competition, but it ...
Blow Out is a 1981 American neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma. [3] The film stars John Travolta as Jack Terry, a movie sound effects technician from Philadelphia who, while recording sounds for a low-budget slasher film , unintentionally captures audio evidence of an assassination involving a presidential ...
Blowout (geomorphology), a sandy depression caused by the removal of sediment by wind. Blowout (tire), a sudden loss of tire pressure. Blowout (well drilling), a sudden release of oil and gas from a well. Blowout grass, a type of grass found on sand dunes. Blowout fracture, a type of skull fracture.
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Blowout (geomorphology) Blowouts are sandy depressions in a sand dune ecosystem ( psammosere) caused by the removal of sediments by wind . Commonly found in coastal settings and margins of arid areas, blowouts tend to form when wind erodes patches of bare sand on stabilized vegetated dunes. Generally, blowouts do not form on actively flowing ...
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A blowout preventer ( BOP) (pronounced B-O-P) [1] is a specialized valve or similar mechanical device, used to seal, control and monitor oil and gas wells to prevent blowouts, the uncontrolled release of crude oil or natural gas from a well. They are usually installed in stacks of other valves.
A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed. [1] Modern wells have blowout preventers intended to prevent such an occurrence. An accidental spark during a blowout can lead to a catastrophic oil or gas fire .