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adj. - Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); Being or operating under the surface of the earth.

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  • We found a subterranean passage beneath the house.
  • subterranean passages
  • Just like in subterranean carbon sequestration, the CO2 would be pumped and moved via pipes to the bag.
  • Power keeps quite another road than the turnpikes of choice and will; namely the subterranean and invisible tunnels and channels of life.
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