Usually means: Radioactive particles dispersed after explosion.
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  1. fallout: Merriam-Webster
  2. fallout: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fallout: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fallout: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Fallout, fallout: Wordnik
  7. fallout: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. fallout: Wiktionary
  9. fallout: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. fallout: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  13. fallout: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  21. fallout: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.
noun:  The particles themselves.
noun:  A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
noun:  (rare) A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.
noun:  (rare) The person who declines such an offer.
noun:  (radio, television, broadcasting) An impromptu guest used to fill in for another guest spot who is a no-show or who has cancelled last minute.

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