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bunker
(redirected from Underground bunker)

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bunker
an obstacle on a golf course, usually a sand-filled hollow bordered by a ridge

bunker [′bəŋ·kər]
(civil engineering)
A bin, often elevated, that is divided into compartments for storing material such as coal or sand.
(mechanical engineering)
A space in a refrigerator designed to hold a cooling element.
(ordnance)
A fortified structure for the protection of personnel, a defended gun position, or a defensive position.


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As an example of related efforts, Fedeli points to the proposed plan to transform the DND's former NORAD underground bunker into a data storage facility.
Continental Airlines has leased space in a massive Cold War-era underground bunker to use as a backup facility if its Houston headquarters is evacuated.
Keeley has responded to a variety of incidents, including two officer-involved suicides, the ambush of sheriff's Deputy Steven Sorensen and a major crimes call in Canyon Country where he searched the area of an underground bunker.
 
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