MUSHROOM CLOUD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)

Synonyms:

mushroom; mushroom-shaped cloud; mushroom cloud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("mushroom cloud" is a kind of...):

cloud (any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible)

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