a plaque with raised lettering
due to raised levels of mercury in the water, there is a warning against eating the local shrimp
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circa 1550
elevated, escalated, heightened, high, increased, jacked (up), up;
extreme, full, maximized, maximum, peaked, sky-high, utmost;
inflated, over, overfilled, overflowing, overfull, overlarge, overloaded, oversize (or oversized);
: higher than the surrounding area or surface
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