Associations to the word «Fallout»
Noun
- Warning
- Borrowing
- Aftermath
- Sickness
- Poison
- Controversy
- Cloud
- Vent
- Batman
- Trench
- Waste
- Sighting
- Above
- Pentagon
- Atom
- Scientist
- Ukraine
- Amount
- Novella
- Auto
- Eden
- Crossover
- Theft
- Danger
- Altitude
- Jonas
- Ivy
- Physicist
- Rockefeller
- Default
- Praying
- Coup
- Public
- Islander
- Effect
- Royce
- Destruction
- Trilogy
- Game
- Burn
- Damage
- Designer
- Trailer
- Civilization
- Steele
- Occupant
- Fixing
- Fishing
- Elvis
- Attack
- Nu
- Crater
- Lois
- Thickness
- Prediction
- Dungeon
- Faction
- Concern
- Incidence
- Rain
- Precaution
- Impact
- Deal
- Chemical
- Creator
- Setting
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".
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