Usually means: Explosive nuclear reaction atmospheric formation.
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  1. mushroom cloud: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mushroom cloud: Merriam-Webster
  3. mushroom cloud: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mushroom cloud: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. mushroom cloud: Collins English Dictionary
  6. mushroom cloud: Vocabulary.com
  7. mushroom cloud: Wordnik
  8. mushroom cloud: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. mushroom cloud: Wiktionary
  10. mushroom cloud: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. mushroom cloud: Dictionary.com
  12. Mushroom Cloud, Mushroom cloud: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. mushroom cloud: Rhymezone
  14. mushroom cloud: FreeDictionary.org
  15. mushroom cloud: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. mushroom cloud: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Mushroom-cloud, mushroom cloud: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mushroom cloud)

noun:  A large cloud of smoke, flame and debris that rises into the sky as a result of a large explosion, especially after a nuclear explosion, characterized by a long shaft rising from the ground into a much-larger or more-spread-out top, reminiscent of a mushroom in shape.

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