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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And this is an apt name for this chapter as all the traumatized denizens of the bunkers suffer restrictions from barricades, both physical and emotional, as their unnatural subterranean life seems to be cartwheeling out of control since Juliette took a stroll outside.
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Inside Llewyn Davis, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and A Complete Unknown immerse us in intimate, sometimes subterranean performance spaces.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
Hudbay’s proposed Copper World mine is among the most visible and divisive of the state’s emerging prospects if only because its pits would take down a ridge and change the natural skyline visible from downtown Tucson, while also raising fears about the city’s subterranean water supply.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
Scientists estimate between 50 and 80 percent of Earth's microbial cells may live in these subterranean ecosystems.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Inside Llewyn Davis, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and A Complete Unknown immerse us in intimate, sometimes subterranean performance spaces.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
Hudbay’s proposed Copper World mine is among the most visible and divisive of the state’s emerging prospects if only because its pits would take down a ridge and change the natural skyline visible from downtown Tucson, while also raising fears about the city’s subterranean water supply.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
Scientists estimate between 50 and 80 percent of Earth's microbial cells may live in these subterranean ecosystems.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Subterranean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subterranean. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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