Synonyms for drilling
ˈdrɪl ɪŋdrilling

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1. drilling, boringnoun

   the act of drilling

   Synonyms:
   boring, oil production

2. boring, drilling, oil productionnoun

   the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

   Synonyms:
   oil production, boring

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1. List of paraphrases for "drilling":

   drill, borehole, digging, perforation, drill-through, forage, rig, piercing, pierce, excavation, dig, extraction, boring, forages, prospecting, wellbore

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1. Anish Kapadia:

   This year people are drilling a lot less as exploration spending has fallen sharply, so companies are focusing on higher quality projects.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   I have doubts about whether we should continue drilling in the Arctic, and I don't think it is a necessary part of our overall clean energy climate change agenda.

3. Rose Dickinson:

   The government's plans pervert the planning process and could make England's landscape a wild west for whatever cowboy wants to start drilling and digging up our countryside.

4. Frederic Neumann:

   Concerns over financial stability in the energy sector and a further fall in drilling capex are headwinds to growth against an already fragile global economic backdrop.

5. Pavel Molchanov:

   If someone starts drilling oil wells today, the increased supply might be 6 months, 12 months, even years away.