fallout
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fallout
- /ˈfɔːlaʊt/ UK
- /ˈfɔlˌaʊt/ US
Where it comes from
Deverbal from fall out; fall + out.
noun fallouts
- 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. On 26 April 1986 the reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant located in the Soviet Union near Pripyat in Ukraine exploded. Further explosions and the resulting fire sent a plume of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over an extensive geographical area.
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A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
Psychological fallout in the shadow of terrorism
Similar: blowback, repercussions
- 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 cancelled last minute.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: radioactive dust, precipitation, dust, dirt, rainfall, rain, radiation, leak, leakage, aftermath, bypass, spillover, side, fringe, outbreak, fall-out
Translations
Every language
noun event of airborne particles falling to the ground
| Español | lluvia, pluvia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 강하 gangha, 낙하 nakha |
| 日本語 | 降下 kōka, 落下 rakka |
| 中文 | 落下 luòxià, 下降 xiàjiàng |
| Português | precipitação |
| Français | retombées |
| Deutsch | Niederschlag, Niedersinken, Niedergehen, Herabrieseln, Ascheregen |
| Italiano | pioggia |
| Ελληνικά | πρόσπτωση prósptosi |
| Русский | оса́дки osádki, выпаде́ние vypadénije |
| עברית | נשורת neshóret |
noun particles that fall to the ground
| Español | ceniza, poso |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 落下物 rakkabutsu |
| 中文 | 落塵 /落尘 luòchén, 原子塵 /原子尘 yuánzǐchén, 落下物 luòxiàwù |
| Deutsch | Fallout, radioaktiver Niederschlag, radioaktiver Staub, Asche, Explosionsstaub |
| Ελληνικά | προσπτώσεις prosptóseis, ραδιενεργή τέφρα radienergí téfra |
| Русский | оса́дки osádki |
noun negative side effect
| Español | efectos colaterales, secuelas, consecuencias, repercusiones, resultados |
|---|---|
| Français | retombées, répercussions |
| Italiano | ripercussioni |
| Русский | негати́вное после́дствие negatívnoje poslédstvije |
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