NOUN | substance | fallout, radioactive dust | the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion |
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phenomenon | fallout, side effect | any adverse and unwanted secondary effect |
Sounds | fao'law.t | |
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Rhymes | about ... workout: 67 rhymes with awt... |
Meaning | The radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion. | |
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Synonym | radioactive dust | |
Broader | dust | fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air |
Spanish | caída, lluvia radioactiva | |
Catalan | pluja radioactiva |
Meaning | Any adverse and unwanted secondary effect. | |
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Example | "a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal" | |
Synonym | side effect | |
Broader | consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot | A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon |
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