ship-breaking

ship-breaking
 n.— «Burtynsky has photographed railroads, mines, stone quarries, industrial dumps (or urban mines, as he calls them), oil fields and “ship-breaking,” the laborious process of dismantling enormous tankers.» —“His aim is true” by Christopher Knight in San Diego, Calif. Los Angeles Times May 25, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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