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cave-in
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cave-in [′kāv‚in]
(engineering)


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State regulations state that ``each employee in an excavation shall be protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system .
These oft-abject cave-ins are (ill) begotten in the face of hideous pressure from producers and their irrepressible advocates to accommodate (perceived) demands of clients.
By allowing a flock of birds to sit on a roof or a building's ledges, there is a very real danger of building deterioration, corrosion, and roof cave-ins, costing building owners tens of thousands of dollars in repairs and repetitive cleanup efforts.
 
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