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Superfund en · NOUN

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English fund English Superfund From super- + fund.

Meanings

1. (US) A large amount of money designated for environmental cleanup by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980.
   • The threat to the Dow complex highlights the risks to Superfund and other toxic cleanup sites posed by the effects of climate change, which include more frequent and severe flooding. 2020 May 20, Hiroko Tabuchi, “Dam Failure Threatens a Dow Chemical Complex and Superfund Cleanup”, in New York Times:
   • a Superfund site

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