cleanup operation

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operation
noun
uk
/ˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact of operating or ...
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In thecleanupoperation, 900 persons were later arrested.
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The next day, he helped in thecleanupoperation.
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After thecleanupoperation, the group then undertook a survey of the wildlife in the watercourse.
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Thecleanupoperationtook three years, at an estimated cost of 240 million.
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The massivecleanupoperationincluded the dismantling and disposal of the reactor and building.
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The group was involved in acleanupoperationto make the island habitable once again.
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The size of the blowout and thecleanupoperationadded to the legend.
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In thecleanupoperation, topsoil had to be removed from several sites, and several houses were demolished.
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The destruction was widespread and thecleanupoperationwas further hampered by hydrochloric acid leaking from a damaged wagon.
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The investigation may have been hampered by thecleanupoperationwhere victims and debris was removed from the scene.
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They also plan to spend $7 million on thecleanupoperation, and double social benefits, and defer tax payments for the hardest hit regions.
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In 2004-05 the quarry was subject to acleanupoperation, where all the materials were taken and the whole area flattened.
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The affidavit discussed acleanupoperation, where military personnel removed the debris from both crash sites and erasing all signs of the crash.
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