black smoke

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smoke that is black, often from burning oil or rubber

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Examples (10)

  • The factory was emitting thick black smoke.
  • A plume of black smoke rose from the burning tires.
  • The engine sputtered and then released a cloud of black smoke.
  • Thick, black smoke poured from the windows of the burning building.
  • The wildfires produced so much black smoke that the sky turned dark.
  • We could smell the acrid odor of black smoke from the distant industrial fire.
  • The car's exhaust pipe was leaking black smoke.
  • The uncontrolled fire produced dense black smoke that traveled for miles.
  • A signal fire sent up columns of black smoke.
  • The explosion was followed by a huge billow of black smoke.