HyperDic: nuclear_winter

English > 1 sense of the expression nuclear winter:
NOUNphenomenonnuclear wintera long period of darkness and extreme / extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war
English > nuclear winter: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
MeaningA long period of darkness and extreme / extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war; a layer of dust and smoke in the atmosphere would cover the earth and block the rays of the sun; most living organisms would perish.
Broadercatastrophe, cataclysmA sudden violent change in the earth's surface
Spanishinvierno nuclear
Catalanhivern nuclear

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