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ozone holeBrE/ˈəʊzəʊn həʊl/🔊NAmE/ˈoʊzoʊn hoʊl/🔊nounanareaintheozone layer where the amount of has been very much reduced so that harmful ozone has been very much reduced so that harmful radiationfromthesuncanpassthroughit臭氧洞