: a mound of debris thrown up by ants or termites in digging their nest
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Like an anteater licking an anthill clean with its long, thin tongue.
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Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
Still, Moiraine showed up and kicked the anthill nicely, by planting a sword directly in Lanfear's torso and then slitting her throat.
—Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2023
For this latest experiment, Fredensborg chose to focus on four anthills in the Bidstrup Forests near Copenhagen, where both ants and lancet liver flukes are common.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2023
The position is so vast and covered in trenches, bunkers and tunnels that some parts have been compared to an anthill.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
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Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
Still, Moiraine showed up and kicked the anthill nicely, by planting a sword directly in Lanfear's torso and then slitting her throat.
—Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2023
For this latest experiment, Fredensborg chose to focus on four anthills in the Bidstrup Forests near Copenhagen, where both ants and lancet liver flukes are common.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2023
The position is so vast and covered in trenches, bunkers and tunnels that some parts have been compared to an anthill.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
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“Anthill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anthill. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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anthill
noun
ant·hill
ˈant-ˌhil 
: a mound made by ants in digging their nest
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