retorting
present participle ofretort
retort
verb[T]
uk/rɪˈtɔːt/us/rɪˈtɔːrt/toanswersomeonequicklyin anangryorfunnyway:
[+ speech]"That doesn'tconcernyou!" she retorted.
Synonyms
answer(REACT)
rejoin
reply
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respond
to answer someone
- answer"Thank you", she answered.
- replyThe man replied that something was missing.
- respondWe aim to respond to all enquiries within five working days.
- reactHe reacted positively to the proposal.
- get back toI'll look into it and get back to you.
- explain"What happened?" she asked. - "There's no time to explain!" he said.
Answering & responding
- acknowledgment
- affirmative
- affirmatively
- answer
- answer (someone) back
- clap
- clap back
- clapback
- counter
- counterattack
- cricketsidiom
- defensively
- field
- non-response
- non-responsive
- respondent
- response
- RSVP
- thank you
- whataboutism
Examplesofretorting
retorting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
We know thatretortingmachinery can be produced quickly and would be a short-term business.
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It is used in canned seafood to maintain color and reduce purge duringretorting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The amount of oil that can be recovered duringretortingvaries with the oil shale and the technology used.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Yields ofretortingare considerably higher than those of kilning, and may reach 35%-40%.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Modern methods employretortingtechnology, in which process heat is recovered from, and solely provided by, the combustion of gas released during carbonisation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hundreds of patents for oil shaleretortingtechnologies exist; however, only a few dozen have undergone testing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The ratio of oil shale gas to shale oil generally increases along withretortingtemperatures.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He ended byretorting: a featureless product that neglects the bands distinct former character.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Oil shale was used for production of shale oil using an earlyretortingmethod of heating the crushed oil shale put in crucibles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Above-groundretortingtypically consumes between one and five barrels of water per barrel of produced shale oil, depending on technology.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The oldest and the most common extraction method involves pyrolysis (also known as "retorting" or destructive distillation).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is not suitable for above-groundretorting, but it could be used for a power generation by a fluidized bed combustion.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In 2011, it had two oil shaleretortingplants with 120 and 100 retorts, producing annually about 350,000 tonnes of shale oil.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Duringretorting, there is no relative movement of oil shale, which avoids dust creation, and therefore increase the quality of generated products.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Depending on technology, above-groundretortinguses between one and five barrels of water per barrel of produced shale oil.
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