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strip mining: the mining of ore or coal from an open mine

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mining collapse: the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth; laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment

mineralogy collapse: the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them

geology collapse: a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks

crystallography collapse: the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals

disbar collapse: remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action; "The corrupt lawyer was disbarred"

undress collapse: partial or complete nakedness; "a state of undress"; get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"

dethrone collapse: remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned"

uncrown collapse

disenthrone collapse

drum out collapse

kick upstairs collapse

give the gate collapse

unsaddle collapse: remove the saddle from; "They unsaddled their mounts"

extirpate collapse: surgically remove (an organ)

defrock collapse: divest of the frock; of church officials

unfrock collapse

demote collapse: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"

unseat collapse: dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse; remove from political office; "The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat"

runway collapse: a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land; a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.

pension off collapse: let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile"

evulsion collapse

deplume collapse: strip of honors, possessions, or attributes

denude collapse: lay bare; "denude a forest"

apron collapse: a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing; a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used; (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green

impoverish collapse: make poor

dismantle collapse

stamp out collapse: end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"

divest collapse: reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"; deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights"

amputate collapse: remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

suck dry collapse

flay collapse: strip the skin off

unsheathe collapse: draw from a sheath or scabbard; "the knight unsheathed his sword"

superannuate collapse: retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity; become obsolete; declare to be obsolete; retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability

unveil collapse: remove the veil from; "Women must not unveil themselves in public in Islamic societies"; remove the cover from; "unveil a painting"

disarray collapse: untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)

milling collapse: corrugated edge of a coin

shear collapse: a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it; (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; "the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram"; cut with shears; "shear hedges"; cut or cut through with shears

bleed white collapse

truncate collapse: terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"; make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"; approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; "truncate a series"; replace a corner by a plane

probing collapse

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