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quick clay

a water-saturated clay that changes rapidly to a fluid state when jarred or crushed, as by an earthquake or pile driver

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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