Moonscape

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A view of an area of the Moon.
  2. 2
    A desolate or devastated landscape. broadly

    "In the Australian outback, industrial activity — notably open-pit coal mining — has turned verdant areas into moonscapes seemingly overnight, and the suicide rate in the region has skyrocketed."

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badlandslunarscapelunarscape

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"In the Australian outback, industrial activity — notably open-pit coal mining — has turned verdant areas into moonscapes seemingly overnight, and the suicide rate in the region has skyrocketed."

Etymology

From moon + -scape.

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