air-sparaging

air-sparaging
 n.— «Drilling began in 1995 for wells to be used in a process, called air-sparaging, to clean out the coal tar contaminants.» —“Coal-tar cleanup took 20 years” by Mark Simonson Daily Star (Oneonta, New York) Jan. 7, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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