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FALLOUT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any adverse and unwanted secondary effect

Example:

a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal

Synonyms:

fallout; side effect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("fallout" is a kind of...):

consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion

Synonyms:

fallout; radioactive dust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("fallout" is a kind of...):

dust (fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air)

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