subterranean
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There were root nematodes, launching a subterranean attack.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Operating theatres, intensive care units and even maternity wards have been relocated to protected subterranean spaces.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Engineers with excavating equipment would be needed to dig through the tons of debris blocking entrances to Iran’s subterranean nuclear complexes and check for mines and booby traps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
And when it comes to the legacy of Mount Vesuvius — able to change the sky and move the earth — history encompasses all that’s above and plenty that’s subterranean, too.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Before it comes to rest at the center of the Earth, the inside of our planet might look briefly like a Swiss cheese until the subterranean flow of rock and metal healed the wounds.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Latin Root "sub" Words
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Power Prefix: sub-
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