fallout
noun
- ☆ the descent to earth of radioactive particles, as after a nuclear explosion
- ☆ these particles
- whatever comes as an incidental consequence
See fallout in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(fôlˈoutˌ)
nouna. The slow descent of minute particles of debris in the atmosphere following an explosion, especially the descent of radioactive debris after a nuclear explosion.
b. The particles that descend in this fashion.
- An incidental result or side effect: “Other social trends also have psychiatric fallout, and the people who suffer can't afford treatment” (Martha Farnsworth Riche).
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