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the step in lithification in which increasing pressure squeezes out some of the water between sediment particles

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  • The additional money will allow a massive "dewatering" facility on the harbor to operate continuously eight months a year, instead of the 40 to 45 days it now runs.
  • You've been trying to work on dewatering the city.
  • Open pit mines are notorious for dewatering an area.
  • We don't have dewatering pumps like they have in New Orleans.
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