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Noun: strip mining  strip mI-ning
  1. The mining of ore or coal from an open mine
    "The company's strip mining operations dramatically altered the landscape";
    - opencast mining
Verb: strip mine (strip mined,strip mining,strip mines)  strip mIn
  1. (mining) extract (ore) from a strip-mine
    "They strip mined coal in the region for decades";
    - surface mine, surface-mine

Type of: excavation, mine, mining

Encyclopedia: Strip mining

Strip mine