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fallout
has definitions from the field of geology
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[ noun ] (geology) the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
Synonyms Used in print (The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)The shelter would provide almost absolute fallout protection . This shelter , as shown on page 24 , would provide almost absolute protection from fallout radiation . The shelter shown would provide almost absolute fallout protection . Another type of shelter which gives excellent fallout protection can be built as an added room to the basement of a home under construction . The radioactivity of fallout decays rapidly at_first . Related terms |
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[ noun ] any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
Synonyms Examples "a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal" Related terms |
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