fallout
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
fallout
- topics en 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.
- The particles themselves.
- On 26 April 1986 the reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant located in the Soviet Union near Pripyat in Ukraine exploded. Further explosions and the resulting fire sent a plume of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over an extensive geographical area.
- A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
- Synonyms: blowback
- Psychological fallout in the shadow of terrorism, title of an article by Dr. Abraham Twerski, M.D. in .
- (rare) A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.
- (rare) The person who declines such an offer.
- (radio, television, broadcasting) An impromptu guest used to fill in for another guest spot who is a no show or who has cancelled last minute
- (negative side effect) repercussions, blowback
- French: retombées
- German: Niederschlag, Niedersinken, Niedergehen, Herabrieseln (dust, sand), Ascheregen (volcano eruption)
- Italian: pioggia
- Portuguese: precipitação
- Russian: оса́дки
- Spanish: lluvia
- German: Fallout, radioaktiver Niederschlag, radioaktiver Staub, Asche (volcano eruption), Explosionsstaub (explosion)
- Russian: оса́дки
- Spanish: ceniza
- French: retombées f-p, répercussions
- Italian: ripercussioni
- Russian: негативный
- Spanish: efectos colaterales
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