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dumpingdump‧ing /ˈdʌmpɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]   - The agreement included the arrangement that a local resident should supervise and inspect all dumping operations.
- These results took no account of illegal dumping.
- Yet, Greene is emphatic that if there is any illegal dumping, it is negligible.
ADJECTIVE► nuclear· Meanwhile, the Scandinavian countries are bearing an alternate proposal to begin a moratorium on nuclear dumping no later than 1990.· Davis has earned a reputation as an outspoken opponent of any kind of nuclear waste dumping at sea.· Now nuclear waste dumping at sea has been stopped. ► waste· There had been the protests about waste dumping, and the steady leaking of Windscale/Sellafield.· Davis has earned a reputation as an outspoken opponent of any kind of nuclear waste dumping at sea.· Now nuclear waste dumping at sea has been stopped.· Overfishing by foreign vessels and toxic waste dumping were also major causes for concern at their annual summit.· Greenpeace's six month investigation revealed 64 plans for waste dumping operations involving 62 foreign firms in 13 countries.· In effect, it would end the practise of disposing of waste by dumping it. NOUN► ground· Or a dumping ground, whichever way you chose to look at it.· We have acquired a reputation as the dumping ground with lightning speed.· Read in studio Prison officers at a new jail say it's becoming a dumping ground for unruly inmates.· In the dusk it looked like a dumping ground for old Toblerone packets.· The city's canals are used as a dumping ground for a range of toxic pollutants.· Britain has defended its right to use the North Sea as a dumping ground.· And he refuted claims that Bullingdon is becoming a dumping ground for troublemakers.· By the fifteenth century they seem to have become dumping grounds for unwanted, unmarriageable or troublesome genteel ladies of little fortune. VERB► become· Read in studio Prison officers at a new jail say it's becoming a dumping ground for unruly inmates.· And he refuted claims that Bullingdon is becoming a dumping ground for troublemakers.· By the fifteenth century they seem to have become dumping grounds for unwanted, unmarriageable or troublesome genteel ladies of little fortune. the act of getting rid of dangerous waste material in a place that is not safe:  The government has promised to stop dumping by the state-owned chemical plants. |