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ORPHAN SITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A toxic waste area where the polluter could not be identified or the polluter refused to take action or pay for the cleanup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("orphan site" is a kind of...):
Superfund site; toxic site; toxic waste area (a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up)
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