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acid rain
noun
Definition of
acid rain noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
acid rain
noun
[
uncountable
]
rain that contains harmful chemicals from factory gases and that damages trees, crops, and buildings
Sulfur, falling as acid rain, is killing fish in the Great Lakes.