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Dilay1985 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Elements?

Hello,

What does "elements" mean in the sentence below?

But scholars say the cuts are beginning to cause the disappearance of antiquities. The primary culprits are not museum robbers and looters of antiquities sites, but the elements and developers’ bulldozers.

Thank you,

Dilay
  

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Hi Dilay; Elements here means weather, wind and rain. Modern pollution has pumped acidic smoke and smog into the air, which etches and erodes the marble.

  • Hi Dilay; Elements here means weather, wind and rain.
  • Modern pollution has pumped acidic smoke and smog into the air, which etches and erodes the marble.
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Hi Dilay;

Elements here means weather, wind and rain.
Modern pollution has pumped acidic smoke and smog into the air, which etches and erodes the marble.

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