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n. - A piece of land where trash materials are dumped.

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Usage examples (4)
  • Defiant Iran set to build 10 new nuclear plants slum, a toxic wasteyard next to the site of the world's worst industrial accident, which occurred 25
  • Protesters continue to press for action, naming both Union Carbide and its former Chairman Warren Anderson as responsible. slum, a toxic wasteyard next to the site of...
  • Defiant Iran set to build 10 new nuclear plants disaster on Thursday protested outside the offices of the US company blamed for the toxic leak ahead of the 25th slum, a toxic...
  • Associations of the victims of the December 1984 Bhopal gas leak on Thursday launched a campaign to "expose" those in the government working for the benefit of disaster on...
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