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fallout (noun)

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  • fallout — ► NOUN 1) radioactive particles dispersed over a wide area after a nuclear explosion. 2) the adverse results of a situation …   English terms dictionary

  • fallout shelter — noun a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑shelter * * * fallout shelter UK US noun [countable] [singular fallout shelter plur …   Useful english dictionary

  • fallout — noun Date: 1949 1. a. the often radioactive particles stirred up by or resulting from a nuclear explosion and descending through the atmosphere; also other polluting particles (as volcanic ash) descending likewise b. descent (as of fallout)… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fallout — noun a) The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc. On 26 April 1986 the reactor number four at the Chernobyl …   Wiktionary

  • fallout — UK US /ˈfɔːlaʊt/ noun [S] ► the bad things that happen after a particular event: »The fallout from the banking crisis has been global …   Financial and business terms

  • fallout — noun 1. Result of nuclear explosion; harmful radioactive particles. Some experts consider fallout as dangerous as the bomb itself. 2. Undesirable aftereffects in general. As a fallout of Watergate, many people lost their faith in the government …   Словарь американских идиом

  • fallout — noun Fallout is used before these nouns: ↑shelter …   Collocations dictionary

  • fallout shelter — fallout ,shelter noun count a building under the ground where people can go if there is a nuclear attack …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • fallout — noun (U) 1 the dangerous radioactive dust which is left in the air after a nuclear (3) explosion and which slowly falls to earth : There can be little lasting protection against the effects of radioactive fall out. 2 the results or effects of a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • fallout shelter — noun A thick walled building, usually under the ground, built so that people can keep away from dust after a nuclear explosion …   Wiktionary

  • fallout — noun 1》 radioactive particles carried into the atmosphere by a nuclear explosion and gradually falling to the ground over a wide area. 2》 the adverse results of a situation …   English new terms dictionary

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