vog
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9.9
- noun
- /vɔg/
- Specialized
- The vog that shrouded the valley seemed denser than before, its smell sulfuric and rank, and its taste gritty with ash and silt.
Examples
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Vog lay thick across the slopes of Killeshan, and the light was thin and gray.
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Vog hung over everything, a vast, loosely woven shroud, swirling and shifting, creating the illusion that everything it touched was alive.
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There were no signs to read, no trails to follow, only an endless landscape of rock, fire, and vog.
Fiction book (1992) -
Rock and jungle and vog and a lot of very unpleasant things that live within.
Fiction book (1992) -
Then abruptly it disappeared as the lower edges of the vog descended.
Fiction book (1992) -
Spirit flew closer, winging down toward the shroud of vog.
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Light shone in bold patches through sudden rifts in the screen of the vog.
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Rain descended in sudden bursts and was gone again, and the vog spilled down off the rocks in opaque waves.
Fiction book (1992) -
The vog rolled down the rock face as if poured from its edge, thick and stinking of sulfur and soot.
Fiction book (1992) -
The vog rolled down the rock face as if poured from its edge, thick and stinking of sulfur and soot.
Synonyms
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2.0
A mix of smoke and fog that makes the air dirty
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2.6
Harmful gases, smoke, and small particles in the air that can damage health or nature
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5.1
Very small bits of dirty matter in the air that come from smoke and engines and can harm people's health
How Polluted
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Morphology
Etymology
Vog comes from joining the words volcanic and smog, so think of it as 'volcanic smog'. It means the dirty, harmful air that forms when gases from a volcano mix with moisture and dust, so it's the kind of air pollution you get near active volcanoes.