Synonyms for asphalt
ˈæs fɔlt; esp. Brit. -fæltas·phalt

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1. asphaltnoun

   mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing

   Synonyms:
   mineral pitch

2. asphalt, mineral pitchverb

   a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons

   Synonyms:
   mineral pitch

3. asphaltverb

   cover with tar or asphalt

   "asphalt the driveway"

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1. • Pave
   • Paving Material

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1. asphaltnoun

   Synonyms:
   native bitumen, mineral pitch, jew's pitch

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1. List of paraphrases for "asphalt":

   bitumen, bituminous, tarmac, pavement, tar

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1. Mara Dolores Iglesias Bentez:

   Bleach is used as a very powerful disinfectant, it is logical that it be used to disinfect streets and asphalt, but here the damage has been brutal.

2. Alla Nechiporenko:

   When my husband raised his hands and began to turn towards my son, two shots were fired at him, and then two shots at my child as well. And when the child fell on the asphalt, a third shot was fired in the direction of his head.

3. Davide Capello:

   At some point I heard a muffled sound... I saw the cars in front of me going [ down ]. I felt the asphalt was gone and I found Davide Capello going down in my car... I thought that it would be the end, that I was going to die, then my car stopped, there wasn't a head-on crash, so it got embedded somewhere.

4. T. S. Eliot:

   And the wind shall say Here were decent godless people. Their only monument the asphalt road. And a thousand lost golf balls.

5. Spaniard Marc Marquez:

   I was behind the Yamahas and was trying to check how was the asphalt and the tyres and I saw that Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi had big( tyre) degradation, i said now is the time to change the tyres and when I changed then I saw that the track was completely dry, but it was difficult to understand.