as in underground
being, situated, or operating beneath the surface of the earth
a subterranean bunker that supposedly could withstand even an atomic blast
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Even video games such as the Amnesia series, with dark, subterranean settings and hopelessly doomed protagonists, provide a feeling of agency that comes from literally controlling a character’s actions.
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Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
When the survey found probably subterranean chambers in the Treasury, they were given permission to excavate.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2024
The film starts with an air of mythic timelessness, in a subterranean home barely pierced by sunlight, in which an elderly woman attests to the dwindling of the population.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Once activated, researchers intend to focus JUNO on neutrinos emitted by a pair of nuclear power plants located about 33 miles away on either side of the subterranean facility.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Oct. 2024
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Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
When the survey found probably subterranean chambers in the Treasury, they were given permission to excavate.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2024
The film starts with an air of mythic timelessness, in a subterranean home barely pierced by sunlight, in which an elderly woman attests to the dwindling of the population.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Once activated, researchers intend to focus JUNO on neutrinos emitted by a pair of nuclear power plants located about 33 miles away on either side of the subterranean facility.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Subterranean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subterranean. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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