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GROUND ZERO

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The point of detonation (or above or below) of a nuclear weapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("ground zero" is a kind of...):

point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

land site; site (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located))

Holonyms ("ground zero" is a part of...):

Greater New York; New York; New York City (the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The target of a projectile (as a bomb or missile)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("ground zero" is a kind of...):

target; target area (the location of the target that is to be hit)

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