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MUSHROOM CLOUD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
Synonyms:
mushroom; mushroom-shaped cloud; mushroom cloud
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("mushroom cloud" is a kind of...):
cloud (any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible)
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