Air pollution
Air pollution noun - Pollution of the atmosphere.
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Synonyms for Air pollution
Smoke and air pollution are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smoke" instead a noun phrase "Air pollution".
Smoke
Smoke noun - A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas.
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Air pollution and smoke are semantically related. You can use "Air pollution" instead a noun "Smoke".
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The Great Smog of '52 or Big Smoke was a severe air pollution event that affected London during December 5-9 1952.
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As you might expect, this wasn't really true "fog" (which, as an Englishman in San Francisco once commented, while it can move quickly, but is rarely actually that bad for visibility or smell), but rather a product of both fog and air pollution—that is to say, smog (="smoke"+"fog").
Source: A Foggy Day in London Town
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