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Mushroom cloud
Meaning
Noun
●
In Nuclear warfare:
A large
cloud
of
smoke
,
flame
and
debris
that
rises
into the
sky
as a result of
a large
explosion
, especially after a
nuclear explosion
,
characterized
by a long
shaft
rising
from the
ground
into a much-larger or more-spread-out
top
,
reminiscent
of a
mushroom
in shape.
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