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nounflare stack (plural flare stacks)
plural flare stacks
- a tall structure used for burning off waste gas at oil refineries and other installations.
she imagined them demolishing all the equipment used for oil production, including the flare stacks that rose into the skies to burn the natural gas
2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 171Synonyms: flare tower
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nouna tall structure used for burning off waste gas at oil refineries and other installations.
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