dense smoke

collocation in English

meaningsofdenseandsmoke

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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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smoke
noun
uk
/sməʊk/us
/smoʊk/
the grey, black, or white mixture of gas and very small pieces of carbon that is produced when ...
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(Definition ofdenseandsmokefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdense smoke

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But the fire spread to the interior of the aircraft within a matter of seconds, producingdensesmokeand panic.
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There is no doubt that polyurethane foam ignites easily, burns readily and producesdensesmokecontaining toxic gases.
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The bad effect is not in the form ofdensesmoke, but of gas.
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The child cried out and his mother, who was in the bathroom, dashed out to finddensesmoke.
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It is thedensesmokethat these materials can give off that is so dangerous.
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Once the furniture is alight, it can burn rapidly and fiercely, producing considerable heat and large quantitites ofdensesmokeand irritant toxic gases.
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Investigators labeled their estimate of the ability to escape throughdensesmokeas highly speculative.
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The explosion was so strong that all the surrounding was shaken, and the whole trench caught in a cloud ofdensesmoke.
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When that failed, she evidently attempted to recover money donated towards the day care center; she then became trapped, and was overcome bydensesmoke.
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The burning plastic rapidly filled the building withdensesmoke.
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The toluene solution is clear to cloudy and reacts with air at the surface giving off adensesmoke.
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In addition to the ability to see throughdensesmoke, thermal imaging cameras also can see materials involved in spontaneous, low level combustion.
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This phenomenon looks like an approximately 80-kilometers long highway between two huge, 500 meters in diameter, craters filled with ultra-heavy anddensesmoke.
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Traditionally, black,densesmokewas considered particularly dangerous, but history shows this to be an unreliable indicator.
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When deployed, the smoke screen forms a wide blanket ofdensesmokeacross the road.
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Even if such had been put in, the strong heat anddensesmokemade approaching the building by helicopter extremely hazardous.
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Although the fire was small,densesmokefrom burning insulating varnish made it difficult at first to assess the damage.
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They sawdensesmokehanging near the ceiling and notified management immediately.
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