fallout
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The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as…
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.
- It was 5 February 2010 and Safdar had already dealt with the fallout of one explosion that day: an hour before, a motorbike laden with explosives had slammed into a bus carrying Shia Muslims to a religious procession.
The particles themselves.
A negative side effect
A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
- Psychological fallout in the shadow of terrorism
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A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.
The person who declines such an offer.
An impromptu guest used to fill in for another guest spot who is a no-show or who has…
An impromptu guest used to fill in for another guest spot who is a no-show or who has cancelled last minute.
The neighborhood
Derived
area of militarily significant fallout, atmospheric fallout, borrower fallout, chemical fallout, executive fallout, fallout contour, fallout pattern, fallout prediction, fallout risk, fallout safe height of burst, fallout shelter, fallout winds, fallout wind vector plot, investor fallout, militarily significant fallout, nonfallout, nuclear fallout, radioactive fallout, soot fallout
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for fallout. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA