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Meanings of acid rain in English
Portuguese
chuva acida Catalan
pluja àcida Rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water.
Usage of acid rain in English
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George Bush the First created the first cap-and-trade scheme for acid rain.
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Or better yet, the steam locomotive, and never mind the acid rain!
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Sweat dripped from his brow and fell like acid rain on Scandinavia.
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Any sulfur by-product lying around will eventually dissolve and create acid rain.
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The department had warned acid rain could damage crops across a broader area.
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Acids -evenmild ones such as acid rain near industrial areas-willsignificantly increase corrosion.
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If he continues this denial, we might even end up with acid rain.
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Venus with its searing heat, crushing pressure and constant acid rain.
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Nitrogen oxide emissions have been linked to smog and acid rain.
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Nitrogen oxide emissions have been linked to smog, acid rain and lung cancer.
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However, emissions causing acid rain fell by 25 per cent during the same period.
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There is also risk of acid rain, which can contaminate the island's water supply.
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The changing rainfall pattern, temperature changes, recovery from the past effects of acid rain.
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There was no great forest die-off due to acid rain.
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Even in Switzerland, they're seeing the effects of acid rain.
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Sulphur pollutants from Russian metals smelters have fallen because of laws curbing acid rain.