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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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.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Oct. 2024
Under billows of pale grey rock, a neat little wooden sauna hut appears, as if out of a folktale, next to a subterranean lake of luminescent blue.
—Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2024
Trespassing in the tunnel system has become a headache for the Boring Company, which built and operates the 2.4-mile subterranean road network known as the Loop.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
But if classic English weather rolls through, retreat to the subterranean spa, one of the hotel’s newest highlights.
—Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2024
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Oct. 2024
Under billows of pale grey rock, a neat little wooden sauna hut appears, as if out of a folktale, next to a subterranean lake of luminescent blue.
—Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2024
Trespassing in the tunnel system has become a headache for the Boring Company, which built and operates the 2.4-mile subterranean road network known as the Loop.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
But if classic English weather rolls through, retreat to the subterranean spa, one of the hotel’s newest highlights.
—Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2024
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