antismog

American  

[an-tee-smog, -smawg, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˈsmɒg, -ˈsmɔg, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

1. designed to reduce smog by reducing the pollutants released into the earth's atmosphere.

   an antismog device for a car's exhaust.

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Etymology

Origin of antismog

First recorded in 1965–70; anti- + smog

Example Sentences

For two days pollution alerts were broadcast hourly on local radio and television stations, and some West Berliners looked like surgeons as they wandered along the fashionable Kurfurstendamm, the city's famed boulevard, wearing antismog masks.

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Jurong's multitudinous factories are being equipped with antismog devices on their smokestacks, and Singapore Harbor is policed by special patrol boats, armed with cameras, that constantly look for polluting ships.

From Time Magazine Archive

Burgess intends to push new consumer products, including an auto exhaust filter which, if certified, would become one of two competing antismog systems mandatory on all cars in California.

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Scott wants the Government to force the auto industry to install antismog devices on all cars and trucks dating back to 1953.

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Four independent manufacturers rushed in to capture the potentially huge market, spent some $20 million to develop their own antismog devices, got state approval for all of them.

From Time Magazine Archive