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SURFACE-MINE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extract (ore) from a strip-mine
Synonyms:
strip mine; surface-mine; surface mine
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "surface-mine" is one way to...):
mine (get from the earth by excavation)
Domain category:
excavation; mining (the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth)
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