Associations to the word «Fallout»
Noun
- Cold
- Deposition
- Franchise
- Survivor
- Nationalist
- Atmosphere
- Nevada
- Lava
- Dweller
- Cyclops
- Disaster
- Molotov
- Quail
- Ash
- Potassium
- Wills
- Teller
- Breakup
- Raptor
- Underground
- Leukemia
- Coercion
- Crisis
- Pollution
- Sequel
- Accident
- Uptake
- Dispersal
- Nitrate
- Dispersion
- Hemisphere
- Holocaust
- Deposit
- Dealing
- Missile
- Halo
- Quest
- Sedan
- Fusion
- Beta
- Degenerate
- Warfare
- Tsunami
- Buster
- Bombing
- Ban
- Transistor
- Survival
- Cancellation
- Developer
- Cancer
- Isle
- Gaming
- Precipitation
- Rogue
- Cellar
- Impetus
- Spill
- Rainforest
- Doom
- Retaliation
- Protection
- Elder
- Dust
- Quark
- Participation
- Decay
- Demise
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
FALLOUT, noun. 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.
FALLOUT, noun. The particles themselves.
FALLOUT, noun. A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
FALLOUT, noun. (rare) A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.
FALLOUT, noun. (rare) The person who declines such an offer.
FALLOUT SHELTER, noun. A thick-walled building, usually under the ground, built so that people can keep away from dust after a nuclear explosion.
FALLOUT SHELTERS, noun. Plural of fallout shelter
Dictionary definition
FALLOUT, noun. The radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion.
FALLOUT, noun. Any adverse and unwanted secondary effect; "a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.