BOREHOLES Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

boreholes

noun

plural of borehole

as in wells

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The company's first wells at its pilot facility in Nevada took 70 days to drill to a measured depth of 11,220 feet.

— Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Engineering light at nanoscale The team built the semiconductor from gallium arsenide and aluminum gallium arsenide, arranging the materials into ultra-thin layers known as multi-quantum wells.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

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Noun

As police in Kathmandu buried dozens of bodies in multiple trenches, Nepal’s disaster agency said that 1,003 deaths had been counted there, with 3,916 people missing, including 583 foreign nationals.

— Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
In Kathmandu, police worked in heavy rain on Tuesday to bury dozens of bodies in multiple trenches next to a forested area.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of trenches

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Researchers have developed cyborg cockroaches that could help deliver emergency medical care to people trapped in collapsed buildings, caves, and other dangerous locations.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
The heartbeat of the Park University women’s flag football program pulses from under the walls of limestone in the caves underneath the quaint campus.

— PJ Green August 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of caves

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Travelers are advised to avoid roadside ditches, shoulders and unmarked trails and never touch anything that could be unexploded munitions.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
In the spring, when the snow is melting and the springs that are high up in the rock cliffs some miles away are carrying it down full speed, the ditches overflow as does the little creek that runs near my cabin.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026

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