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1ground zero — ☆ ground zero n. 1. the land or water surface area directly below or above the point of detonation of a nuclear bomb 2. Slang a) nothing b) the starting point c) the most basic condition or level …
2Ground zero — [ Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall was only 150 m from the hypocenter, or ground zero, of the atomic bomb explosion over Hiroshima.] The term Ground Zero may be used to describe the point on the earth s surface where an explosion… …
3Ground Zero — UK / US the area that was left after the World Trade Center in New York was destroyed on 11th September 2001 …
4Ground Zero — /graʊnd ˈzɪəroʊ/ (say grownd zearroh) noun the area of New York City, USA, destroyed by the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre on 11 September 2001. See September 11 …
5ground zero — noun 1. the target of a projectile (as a bomb or missile) • Hypernyms: ↑target, ↑target area 2. the site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed • Instance Hypernyms: ↑site, ↑land site • Part Holonyms: ↑ …
6Christmas at Ground Zero — Single by Weird Al Yankovic from the album Polka Party! B …
7Climate Ground Zero — (CGZ), founded in February 2009, is a non violent civil disobedience campaign against mountaintop removal mining based in the southern coalfields of West Virginia[1]. According to their website, Climate Ground Zero believes “that the irrevocable… …
8Raising the Flag at Ground Zero — is a photograph by Thomas E. Franklin of The Bergen Record , taken on September 11, 2001. The picture shows three New York City firefighters raising the American flag at ground zero of the World Trade Center following the September 11 attacks.… …
9ground — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a the surface of the earth, esp. as contrasted with the air around it. b a part of this specified in some way (low ground). 2 the substance of the earth s surface; soil, earth (stony ground; dug deep into the ground). 3 a a… …
10Zero Milestone — Zero Milestone, 1923. The surface seen in the photo is the monument s south face (see inscription below) The Zero Milestone is a zero mile marker monument in Washington, D.C. intended as the initial milestone from which all road distances in the… …
