Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An arid desert basin of eastern California and western Nevada. Its lowest point is 86 m (282 ft) below sea level.
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- proper noun A
valley inCalifornia andNevada , remarkable for being the lowest-elevated place in North America.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada; contains the lowest point in North America
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Examples
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Know what they called Death Valley before global warming?
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There's a place they call Death Valley, and it's just halfway
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It's called Death Valley and it's kind of like Cops but in a world where zombies, werewolves, and vampires exist.
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It's called Death Valley and it's kind of like Cops but in a world where zombies, werewolves, and vampires exist.
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It's called Death Valley and it's kind of like Cops but in a world where zombies, werewolves, and vampires exist.
Comedy's Bright Future: How Funny or Die Is Changing the Game One Megan Fox PSA at a Time 2010
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He's tracking motorists along this stretch of I-20 near Birmingham -- known as Death Valley because of the many traffic fatalities -- with a lidar or light detecting and ranging device.
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Innumerable brigades were huddled close together, in what was known as the Death Valley, for the simple reason that there was no other suitable spot wherein to place them, and heavy casualties resulted.
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When they came into the sink we now know as Death Valley, the members of the different parties began to feel that they were really lost.
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But the battle really ended on March 25, D-plus-thirty-four, when the last enemy stronghold was taken in a place called Death Valley.
The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945
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But the battle really ended on March 25, D-plus-thirty-four, when the last enemy stronghold was taken in a place called Death Valley.
The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945
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