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noun Download 🔗Share A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects. Examples : "After the heavy rain, the poorly drained playground developed a large sinkhole where muddy water collected. " geology environment disaster area geography Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share A domain name server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that every computer that uses it will fail to get access to the real website. Examples : "The school's IT department set up a sinkhole to prevent students from accessing gambling websites, so all attempts to visit those sites now lead to nowhere. " computing internet technology system communication service Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An attack which redirects requests - be it network or memory accesses - to a new location defined by the attacker. Examples : "The hacker created a sinkhole in the website's code, redirecting users to a fake page that stole their passwords. " computing internet technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
