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.