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residential area

noun as in suburb

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The multi-storey building that was hit is located in a residential area.

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Some streets and residential areas were wrecked as a result of flash-flooding, such as this one in Letur, southwest of Valencia.

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It is one of the most densely populated residential areas in all of Lebanon – a place of narrow streets and alleyways, where buildings seem to jostle for available space.

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The ministry said a number of people were still under the rubble after a residential area was hit.

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The Hamas-run government media office said the bombing hit "crowded" residential areas, and that 73 people had been killed - a number also reported by Gaza's civil defence agency.

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

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