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acid dust

noun

  1. air-polluting particles of dust, usually wind-borne, having high concentrations of acid.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of acid dust1

First recorded in 1975–80
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Example Sentences

Miners and their families sickened with high levels of cobalt and heavy metals in their urine and blood, cobalt dust in their lungs and — in some zones — yellow sulfuric acid dust caking their bodies and their homes.

Good places to apply the boric acid dust would be around plumbing lines and other openings that penetrate the wall.

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