The phrase
"industrial wasteland" refers to an area that has been severely damaged or polluted due to industrial activities, leaving it barren, unattractive, and uninhabitable.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«industrial»
«wasteland»
Sentences with «industrial wasteland»
- Rehabilitation was a major theme of the meeting, held in the former industrial wasteland of east London's docklands area, adjacent to the site of the new stadium for this year's Olympic Games. (scientificamerican.com)
- New park facilities planned for 1999 include the completion of a 12 - acre park in Chinatown, to be called Ping Tom Park in honor of the community leader who pushed for turning the stretch of industrial wasteland into a riverfront property for public use. (articles.chicagotribune.com)
- In the film, based on a true story, Morgan plays a detective transplanted from New York who teams with a local investigator (Sam Worthington) to work on a series of unsolved murders in industrial wastelands surrounding Gulf Coast refineries, where as many as 70 bodies turned up over the past two decades. (amctheatres.com)
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