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bunker

noun as in underground shelter

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noun as in hazard on a golf course

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“If telephone poles sunk into the soil worked for 75 years, why do we need to build Hitler’s bunker under the sand?”

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He also brings his quirkiness to more serious roles, including a childlike loner in a bunker society in the dystopian “Silo.”

"We thought that there could be missile attacks and we would be safe if we stay underground, in the bunkers."

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Civilians say the daily strikes force them to spend most of their time underground, in small makeshift bunkers families have dug into their backyards.

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Asked last year if he was creating a doomsday bunker, the Facebook founder gave a flat "no".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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