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Destructive precipitation
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acid rain
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Better that Aretha Franklin had not been born than that we should endure a drop more of this acid rain of spittle! ▪ Ever tighter regulations are being introduced to protect the environment from emissions contributing to the ...
Wikipedia
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Acid rain is rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic. Acid Rain may also refer to: Acid Rain (album) , a 2002 album by Esham "Acid Rain" (Alexis Jordan song) , 2013 "Acid Rain" (Angra song) , 2001 "Acid Rain", a song by Avenged ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Rain which is unusually acidic (pH of less than the natural range of 5 to 6); caused mainly by atmospheric pollution with sulphur dioxide and nitrogen compounds.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water [syn: acid precipitation ]
Usage examples of acid rain.
This was true acid rain, she supposed, sulphuric acid droplets formed kilometers above.
The ozone layer might be gone by then, and the forests gnawed bare by acid rain.
Overnight Ice Ages, acid rain that cut through steel, and a landscape made entirely of glass.
He saw the acid rain come down and the curtain of hissing vapour which at once went up.
Its marble stonework had been eaten away by acid rain and bird droppings, its giltwork had flaked away over years of neglect.