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bad•lands
Pronunciation: (bad'landz"), [key]—
n. (used with a pl. v.)
a barren area in which soft rock strata are eroded into varied, fantastic forms.
Bad' Lands"
a barren, severely eroded region in SW South Dakota and NW Nebraska.
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