English Explanatory Dictionary

mountaintop removal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of surface mining at the summit or summit ridge of a mountain, by blasting away the overburden with explosives and dumping the excess material into nearby valleys.

Word forms

mountaintop removal
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