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fallout
Etymology: AS, feallan, to fall, ut
the deposition of radioactive debris after a nuclear explosion. The waste products of an atmospheric explosion of an atomic bomb may travel thousands of miles in the atmosphere and be deposited over a large geographic area.
fallout
the settling to the earth's surface of radioactive fission products from the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion.
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