hazardous material

collocation in English

meaningsofhazardousandmaterial

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hazardous
adjective
uk
/ˈhæz.ə.dəs/us
/ˈhæz.ɚ.dəs/
(of substances, materials, activities, or ...
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material
noun
uk
/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us
/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
a physical substance that things can be ...
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(Definition ofhazardousandmaterialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Will roads be identified as priority routes on which thehazardousmaterialmust be transported?
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Hazardousmaterialshall not be stored or disposed of on the land of indigenous peoples.
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Why is nothazardousmaterialgiven a police escort when it is transported?
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I wonder whether anyone will be aware thathazardousmaterialis being transported?
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Who will provide, for example,hazardousmaterialsupport?
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We have witnessed complacency relating tohazardousmaterialand the effects on the health of people who have become contaminated.
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Obviously, the mosthazardousmaterialfalls into the black category.
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Let us make sure that the coastal authorities are aware of the presence of vessels carryinghazardousmaterial.
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I return to the question of my constituency—its roads, the road patterns and the vehicles that will be carrying thehazardousmaterial.
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However, being designed to control or destroy living organisms they must, therefore, be regarded as potentiallyhazardousmaterial.
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Before a sale is completed, a trust should hand over its records to the proposed purchaser on any known presence of asbestos or otherhazardousmateriallocated on the site.
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We need to make sure that every time someone undertakes to transporthazardousmaterial, there is someone to take personal responsibility and to sign an attestation of liability.
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Ten thousand tonnes of waste have been illegally dumped in the vicinity of that housing estate—tonnes and tonnes of rubble, concrete, wood, metal, rubber, glass and otherhazardousmaterial.
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Since the company left, former employees have experienced sickness in their lungs because they lacked safety-wear to protect them from thehazardousmaterial.
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The department is capable of handling fires, rescues, extrications, medical emergencies,hazardousmaterialincidents and natural disasters.
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It was determined that any environmental cleanup should be designed to remove loose cables, transformers,hazardousmaterial, toxic waste, and ordnance.
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Within a critical trauma incident, seeinghazardousmaterialand traffic in an uncontrolled environment is expected.
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Packages bearing this mark containhazardousmaterialin a limited quantity that presents a limited hazard during transportation, due to its form, quantity, and packaging.
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Eliminating cobalt would mean eliminating ahazardousmaterial, allow batteries to be produced at room temperature, and lower the cost of recycling batteries.
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