/?klin??p/theactorprocessofremovingadirtyordangeroussubstance,esp. when it has beenleftin theenvironmentas aresultof anaccident:The cleanup after theoilspillcostover $10,000,000.(Definition ofcleanupfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcleanup
cleanupEvidently new and innovative procedures were timely - here was a sizable industrial undertaking (thecleanup) with very little previous experience to build on.From theCambridge English CorpusThe difference in response could also reflect increasing marginal abatement costs: abatement activities are more difficult and expensive at advanced stages ofcleanup.From theCambridge English CorpusTable 1 presents descriptive statistics for the selected labcleanupratings.From theCambridge English CorpusThe assessment consisted of a play period, acleanupperiod, and a set of four tool tasks that increased in complexity.From theCambridge English CorpusOnly 21 children showed high levels of both defiance and negative affect during toycleanupat 36 months.From theCambridge English CorpusAfter thecleanup, the guidelines are finalized and the data is ready to be released.From theCambridge English CorpusThe problem was that such a strategy required time, and was secondary to the immediate priorities of food, water, and a generalcleanup.From theCambridge English CorpusAt room temperature, both materials exist in solid state which will simplifycleanupof spills.From theCambridge English CorpusClearly, the benefits of pollutioncleanupare substantial.From theCambridge English CorpusThese are typically smaller and less noticeable particles that escape general surface cleanups or that become incorporated into the soils from mechanical activity.From theCambridge English CorpusHowever, costs for environmentalcleanupwere underestimated.From theCambridge English CorpusEach household was asked to place a value on the three scenarios of river quality: (a) quality before the rivercleanup, (b) the current quality, and (c) bathing quality.From theCambridge English CorpusBizarrely, the failures happened after thecleanupprogramme.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0That at least would ensure an adequatecleanupand enable the scale of the problem to be assessed.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0To achieve this would require a totalcleanup, both of the damaged reactor and its very high radiation levels, and of the environment itself.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/cleanup##
