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slab

noun as in chunk of solid object

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By Thursday afternoon, near the end of the 72-hour period deemed critical for identifying survivors, rescue crews were using a crane to move heavier slabs.

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He added that the team had decided to move on to the "next phase" of operations - using heavy equipment to move slabs of concrete.

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There’s an abundance of small slabs, simple epitaphs like Our Baby.

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Footage on local media show the collapsed part of the building completely sunken in, with large slabs of concrete sticking out.

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Steel is still produced at the works, but the process now relies on imported slabs of steel which are milled on site.

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

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