fallout
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈfɔːlˌaʊt/
- Specialized
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precipitación radiactiva
- In the event of a nuclear disaster, residents must take precautions against fallout to ensure their safety.
- nuclear fallout
- radioactive fallout
- a fallout shelter
He knows that she was in some Fallout Shelter in the southwest.
- He knows that she was in some Fallout Shelter in the southwest.
Examples
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Experts are worried about the long-term effects of nuclear fallout on public health.
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Hundreds of thousands, possibly millions would die from the fallout.
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Built during the Cold War in case of nuclear fallout...
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The people of your world are concerned about nuclear fallout.
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And more later, of course, from the resulting nuclear fallout.
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If you launch nukes, the global fallout is gonna kill everybody.
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Plus, radioactive fallout would make the area uninhabitable for who knows how long.
Fiction book (1990) -
The 1986 Chernobyl explosion hurled plumes of radioactive fallout across national boundaries, from Ukraine to northern England and beyond.
Academic text (2001) -
After the nuclear explosion, the fallout spread over many miles, contaminating the area.
Synonyms
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7.0
Tiny particles that fall after a nuclear explosion or accident and give off harmful radiation
Compounds
- Archaic
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5.3
A room underground that protects people from radioactive dust after a nuclear blast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fallout is a simple image: bits that fall 'to drop' and come out 'away' from a nuclear explosion, meaning the radioactive particles that settle back to the ground.