Aboveground
Aboveground adjective - On or above the surface of the ground.
Usage example: aboveground nuclear testing
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Synonyms for Aboveground
Surface and aboveground are semantically related in land topic. In some cases you can use "Surface" instead the word "Aboveground" as an adjective or a noun.
Surface
Surface adjective - On the surface.
Usage example: surface materials of the moon
Aboveground and surface are semantically related in land topic. You can use "Aboveground" instead the word "Surface" as an adjective or a noun.
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If they run across any surface dwellers (either people venturing into their lairs or one of their rare excursions aboveground) they will kill or capture and enslave them.
Source: The Morlocks -
They have some cities underground, but also some aboveground, even with a Lampshade Hanging when Eragon is surprised to find that Dwarves have open surface cities just like everyone else, and a dwarf tells him that they like the open air as much as anyone else.
Source: Our Dwarves Are All the Same -
Last of His Kind: Most of the Metro residents believe themselves to be the last viable population of humans on the planet, with a Ranger going so far as to proudly proclaim their surface base in Moscow to be the only aboveground human settlement left on Earth.
Source: Video Game / Metro 2033
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