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   strip mine

   noun

   • 1. an opencast mine.

   verb

   • 1. obtain (ore or coal) by opencast mining: "lignite coal is strip-mined at depths of 15 to 35 metres"
   • ▪ subject (an area of land) to opencast mining: "after being strip-mined, the land is reclaimed"

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