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fallouts

2 entries found.


Main Entry:
fall·out 
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Pronunciation:
\ˈfȯl-ˌau̇t\
Function:
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) through the atmosphere2: a secondary and often lingering effect, result, or set of consequences <have to take a position and accept the political fallout — Andy Logan>


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