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Subsidence
01
verzakking, inklinking
the process during which a building or piece of land sinks to a lower level or to the ground
Voorbeelden
Engineers monitored the area for subsidence to ensure the stability of the newly constructed dam.
Ingenieurs hebben het gebied gecontroleerd op verzakking om de stabiliteit van de nieuw gebouwde dam te waarborgen.
02
the sudden falling in of a surface into a hollow or void beneath it
Voorbeelden
Subsidence of the roof forced evacuation of the building.
03
a decrease in intensity, severity, or degree of something
Voorbeelden
There was subsidence in political tensions after the negotiation.
Lexicale Boom
subsidence
subside
