subsidence

🇺🇸 /səbˈsaɪdns/ 🇬🇧 /səbˈsaɪdns/
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When the ground or a building goes down to a lower level than it was before.

After the heavy rain, there was a lot of subsidence in the area.

translation

n. When the ground or a building goes down to a lower level than it was before.

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Plural subsidences