Fallout

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The slow descent of minute particles of debris in the atmosphere following an explosion, especially the descent of radioactive debris after a nuclear explosion.
  • n. The particles that descend in this fashion.
  • n. An incidental result or side effect: "Other social trends also have psychiatric fallout, and the people who suffer can't afford treatmentā€ ( Martha Farnsworth Riche).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. The particles themselves.
  • n. A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
  • n. A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.
  • n. The person who declines such an offer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion.
  • n. the falling to the ground of radioactive particles lifted into the atmosphere by a nuclear explosion.
  • n. an incidental or unexpected effect, especially one which is undesirable, consequent to an event or process; ; -- usually used only in the singular.
  • n. one selected from a group by some criterion.
  • n. one who fails to maintain the same pace as and lags behind a group of which s/he is a member.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation
  • v. come as a logical consequence; follow logically
  • v. have a breach in relations
  • v. come to pass
  • v. come off
  • n. the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
  • n. any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    get out    leave    go-out    exit    result    ensue    altercate    dispute    scrap    argufy   
    Cross Reference
    smokefall    rainout   
    Hyponym
    arise    shine    chance    supervene    roll around    come around    break    materialise    anticipate    proceed   
    Synonym
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