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clearing

noun as in gap in area

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He walks up the trail to a small clearing, passing a sign saying “No Fires/Smoking.”

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While past reports have highlighted the dangers of deforestation, this study spotlights a more insidious threat: fire-driven degradation that erodes forest integrity without necessarily clearing it.

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He shared photographs from Maslova Pristan showing a sports centre with its roof and walls blown apart, and said rescue workers were clearing debris and assessing the damage.

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They meticulously vacuum, and scrub the walls, windows, baseboards and floors, clearing every open surface and precious possession of reminders of the Eaton fire.

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After, we sat in a clearing and ate peanut butter sandwiches and Tcho chocolate, bluejays trying to steal our food, our wet skin warming in the sun.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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