ground zero
see also: Ground Zero
Noun
Ground Zero
Proper noun
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see also: Ground Zero
Noun
ground zero
- The point on the land or water surface below, above, or at which an atomic or nuclear bomb detonates.
- (by extension) The location of any disaster.
- (figurative) The very beginning or elementary start of something.
- French: point zéro
- German: Boden null, Bodennullpunkt, Ground Zero
- Italian: terra zero
- Portuguese: ponto de impacto
- Russian: эпице́нтр взрыва
- Spanish: punto cero, tierra cero, zona cero
Ground Zero
Proper noun
- The site of the former World Trade Center towers in New York City destroyed on 11 September 2001.
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