adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
acrid smoke (= smelling bad and making you cough )
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The shop was full of thick, acrid smoke.
an acrid smell (= strong and bitter )
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The acrid smell of smoke clung about the place.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
smell
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The stuffiness in the hold was made worse by the acrid smell of unwashed bodies.
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The jute had an acrid smell that scooped up the rank aroma of moist earth as it leapt from the ground.
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He wrinkled his nose in distaste at the acrid smell of the place.
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The sharp acrid smell of gutters choked by the monsoon rain.
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These formulations are supplied in liquid form and are similar in texture to detergents although with a slightly acrid smell unless perfumed.
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Strong winds late Sunday blew hard south, sending the acrid smell of a campfire through much of Phoenix.
smoke
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Afterwards, a huge black cloud of acrid smoke rose hundreds of feet above the town.
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An acrid smoke filled the room.
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Further attempts to fight the fire were abandoned as thick acrid smoke filled the department.
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Some workers, their faces blackened by the acrid smoke , fled in panic, escaping injury.
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When he arrived at the scene the shop was full of thick, acrid smoke .
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He could smell above the all-pervading redolence of incense, the faint acrid smoke of the candle.
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Rubble and bloodstained corpses were scattered across the dockside, and acrid smoke from burning oil filled the air.
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Several fires were burning, the green wood being used sending clouds of acrid smoke swirling among the tents and make-shift huts.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The air was stale and acrid , and a cluster of black flies hovered over the bed.
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The chemical has an acrid smell.
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When I opened the door, acrid white smoke came billowing out.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the odour of the colourless liquid was of bitter almonds, acrid and terrifying.
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She consoled herself with the thought that the acrid smoke would serve to keep flies out of the room.
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The air is stale and acrid , and a cluster of black flies hovers over the bed.
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The jute had an acrid smell that scooped up the rank aroma of moist earth as it leapt from the ground.
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The sharp acrid smell of gutters choked by the monsoon rain.
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The sharp, acrid male smell which rose from his hot skin filled my nostrils.