mountaintop removal

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mountaintop removal

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uncountable A form of surface mining at the summit or summit ridge of a mountain, by blasting away the overburden with explosives and dumping the excess material into nearby valleys.

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@misc{mountaintop_removal_2026,
  title = {mountaintop removal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mountaintop%20removal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}