Burn Pit (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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  1. an area used for the open-air burning of trash and/or brush: The county banned residential burn pits years ago, but every so often it’s obvious that someone’s burning a pile of twigs and leaves.
  2. an often expansive area, at or adjacent to a base of operations, used for the uncontrolled, open-air burning of military waste, including plastics, chemicals, rubber, paint, fuels, munitions, human and medical waste, metals, and electronics: generative of toxic smoke and fumes that have been associated with a number of short- and long-term ailments suffered by exposed military personnel and civilians.
Burn Pit (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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