be·low·ground

[bih-loh-ground]
adjective
1.
situated beneath the surface of the earth; subterranean.
2.
no longer living; buried, as in a cemetery (usually used predicatively): All those who might have known about the incident are now belowground.

Origin:
1955–60; below + ground1

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belowground

adjective
1. under the level of the ground; "belowground storage areas"; "underground caverns" 
2. underneath the ground; "most of his friends are now belowground" 
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Belowground is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
Example sentences
Belowground infrastructure is especially vulnerable even when water levels on the surface are not especially high.
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