fallout
pronunciation
How to pronounce fallout in British English:
UK [ˈfɔ:laʊt]
How to pronounce fallout in American English:
US [ˈfɔlˌaʊt]
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- Noun:
- the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
- any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
Word Origin
- fallout (n.)
- also fall-out, "radioactive particles," 1950, from fall (v.) + out (adv.).
Example
- 1. Third , policymakers should act together to cushion the economic fallout .
- 2. The political fallout will be felt in other ways too , because of the differential performance of euro-area economies .
- 3. When the radioactive fallout from chernobyl 's nuclear disaster drifted across the european continent in 1986 , the french government famously claimed the clouds had stopped at the border .
- 4. The political fallout was swift .
- 5. And the fallout from the phone-hacking scandal continues to rain down on news corporation and others .