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Answer for the clue "Clear, the actors are, from the pit ", 8 letters:
opencast

Word definitions for opencast in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
opencast \opencast\ adj. same as opencut. Syn: opencut, strip(prenominal).

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN coal ▪ Social and environmental costs Much has been written on the social and environmental costs of opencast coal . ▪ This is mainly opencast coal and even its continuance is in doubt. ▪ Mr. Walker: In making decisions ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface; "opencast mining"; "an opencut iron mine" [syn: opencut ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context chiefly British English) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed

Usage examples of opencast.

Those in favor of dismantling the first bridgehead were called, by someone, Seekers of the Holy Grail, and the name of Grail stuck to that area of opencast mining.

Here and there small factories could be seen, also several quarries and opencast mining sites.