Seveso
[ suh-vey-soh; Italian se-ve-saw ]
/ səˈveɪ soʊ; Italian sɛˈvɛ sɔ /
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noun
an industrial town in N Italy, near Milan: 1976 dioxin release.
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Seveso
/ (sɛˈveɪsəʊ) /
noun
a town in N Italy, near Milan: evacuated in 1976 after contamination by a poisonous cloud of dioxin gas released from a factory
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