fallout (noun)
1fallout — ► NOUN 1) radioactive particles dispersed over a wide area after a nuclear explosion. 2) the adverse results of a situation …
2fallout 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 …
3fallout — 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)… …
4fallout — 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 …
5fallout — UK US /ˈfɔːlaʊt/ noun [S] ► the bad things that happen after a particular event: »The fallout from the banking crisis has been global …
6fallout — 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 …
7fallout — noun Fallout is used before these nouns: ↑shelter …
8fallout shelter — fallout ,shelter noun count a building under the ground where people can go if there is a nuclear attack …
9fallout — 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… …
10fallout shelter — noun A thick walled building, usually under the ground, built so that people can keep away from dust after a nuclear explosion …
