sinkhole in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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sinkhole [Brit ˈsɪŋkhəʊl, Am ˈsɪŋkˌhoʊl] N GEOL

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The sinkhole also swallowed two unoccupied parked cars.
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The 100-foot-wide crescent shaped opening to the cave lies at the bottom of a sinkhole, formed when the roof of the cave collapsed.
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This sinkhole has a diameter of about 130 m and attains a depth of 15 m.
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An earthquake can trigger a sinkhole from a cavity but it has to basically happen on the day or in a very close time frame to the earthquake.
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According to the local channel 6 news, the sinkhole measured 12 feet wide and 24 feet long.
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Police established a 500-yard (457-meter) no-go zone around the sinkhole.
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Although no one was hurt, a car fell into the sinkhole.
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They discovered that the sinkhole was the result of the stoppage of the flow of an underground river.
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The so-called catfish hotel sinkhole and karst window near the main spring remains open year-round with access to these caverns.
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It was demolished due to a sinkhole located on-site.
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