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[ blak -waw-ter, -wot -er ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈblækˌwɔ tər, -ˈwɒt ər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun Pathology . 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.
Origin of blackwater First recorded in 1790–1800; black + water
Words nearby blackwater Blackwall hitch, black walnut, Black Warrior River, blackwash, Black Watch, blackwater , blackwater fever, blackwater rafting, black wattle, blackweed, Blackwell
Definition for blackwater (2 of 2) noun wastewater from toilets, garbage disposal, and industrial processes.
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Example sentences from the Web for blackwater 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| DAILY BEAST
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| DAILY BEAST
The subsequent investigation of this shooting was what prompted a Blackwater manager to threaten a State Department official.
Blackwater: Murder Threats Were Just The Start | Tim Mak| June 30, 2014| DAILY BEAST
“American Embassy officials in Baghdad sided with Blackwater rather than the State Department investigators,” the paper notes.
Blackwater: Murder Threats Were Just The Start | Tim Mak| June 30, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Blackwater operated during the Iraq war with a sense that they were untouchable because—well, because they were.
Blackwater: Murder Threats Were Just The Start | Tim Mak| June 30, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But you Blackwater stiffs want to hang around town and let somebody else do the work.
And Green, the Rhodesian sergeant who had been brought in, almost in extremis, with blackwater .
Sketches of the East Africa Campaign | Robert Valentine Dolbey
We travelled straight through without stopping and arrived at Blackwater at seven the same evening.
The Woman Thou Gavest Me | Hall Caine
There was another train before us blocking the way, and the guard was making use of the delay to collect the Blackwater tickets.
Great Ghost Stories | Various
Half an hour after the messenger had gone the Count returned to Blackwater Park.
The Woman in White | Wilkie Collins
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British Dictionary definitions for blackwater noun household waste water that cannot be reused without purification Compare grey water
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Scientific definitions for blackwater Wastewater containing bodily or other biological wastes, as from toilets, dishwashers, or kitchen drains. Compare graywater .
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