as in underground
being, situated, or operating beneath the surface of the earth
a subterranean bunker that supposedly could withstand even an atomic blast
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Where subterranean heat sources naturally occur close to the surface, easily accessible and close enough to a relevant power grid for economically viable transmission, geothermal becomes a rare example of totally reliable, round-the-clock green power generation.
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New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
Innies exist only on a subterranean floor in the headquarters of Lumon Industries, a company that splits some employees’ consciousness into a work self and a not-work self.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
The broken subterranean pipe is designed to provide pressurized water to the depot’s thousands of sprinkler heads in the event of a fire.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
Off the coast of Japan, thousands of feet below the surface, the seafloor explodes with heat.
Cracks and vents in the rocky sediment allow boiling seawater heated by subterranean magma to shoot back up into the sea, reaching temperatures of more than 700 degrees Fahrenheit.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2025
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New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
Innies exist only on a subterranean floor in the headquarters of Lumon Industries, a company that splits some employees’ consciousness into a work self and a not-work self.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
The broken subterranean pipe is designed to provide pressurized water to the depot’s thousands of sprinkler heads in the event of a fire.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
Off the coast of Japan, thousands of feet below the surface, the seafloor explodes with heat.
Cracks and vents in the rocky sediment allow boiling seawater heated by subterranean magma to shoot back up into the sea, reaching temperatures of more than 700 degrees Fahrenheit.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Subterranean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subterranean. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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