strip-mines

A form of strip-mine — To mine by creating a strip mine, usually for coal or tar sands.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of strip-mine
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of strip-mine
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