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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes..
Work was started in January, 1958 and involved considerable earth-moving, as a cutting about 25ft deep was needed to give rail access to a newly acquired site to the north of the station.
Use earth moving when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Earth moving means (construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes..
Common synonyms include earthshaking, earthshattering, world-shaking.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Work was started in January, 1958 and involved considerable earth-moving, as a cutting about 25ft deep was needed to give rail access to a newly acquired site to the north of the station.
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