dense cloud

collocation in English

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dense
adjective
uk
/dens/us
/dens/
having parts that are close together so that it is difficult to go or ...
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cloud
noun
uk
/klaʊd/us
/klaʊd/
a grey or white mass in the sky, made up of very small floating drops ...
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(Definition ofdenseandcloudfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The toxicdensecloudthat resulted from that release moved through the town causing the death of at least 2500 people.
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A slow-moving cold front covered much of the operational area, giving conditions ofdensecloudfrom 700 feet to 15,000 feet.
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The two men saw an extraordinarilydensecloudrising rapidly above the mountain.
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Taihang is an isolated region ofdensecloudforests punctuated by jagged peaks.
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Using a filter to better see water haze on top of thedensecloudcover, motions in the equatorial and southern regions are clearly visible.
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Itsdensecloudof gas and dust make its interior invisible to optical telescopes.
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This montane species is tolerant of cold, wet conditions, and colonies can be found in small clearings and gaps indensecloudforest.
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The instruments revealed adensecloudor thick haze approximately 18-20 kilometers from the surface.
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The collapse churns up adensecloudthat covers the entire planet in a shroud of darkness and fear.
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The portion vaporized will form adensecloud(more than twice as heavy as the surrounding air).
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The filaments are only a few hundredths of an inch thick and can float in the air like adensecloud.
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As extra time began, adensecloudof fog descended onto the pitch, almost forcing the match to be abandoned.
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This produces adensecloud-layer around the planet, which prevents direct observation of the surface from above the cloud tops.
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The gasification reactions take place in adensecloudof very fine particles.
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There isdensecloudformation in the sky and at least a week of distinct, very heavy rainfall.
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Adensecloudof smoke enveloped the whole country by day, and even extended far out to sea.
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It was previously believed that the black patch was adensecloudof dust and gas which blocked light that would normally pass through, called a dark nebula.
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Heat stress is dependent on the weather during the season and dense clouds and frequent rains would minimize the occurrence of heat stress.
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Furthermore, not only does it burn with lightning pace, but it also gives off intensely toxic fumes and very dense clouds of smoke.
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The fire the spread quickly, fanned by the strong ventilation and ignited timber supports, sending dense clouds of smoke and fumes into the mine workings.
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