Usually means: Radioactive dust from exploded bombs.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (nuclear fallout)

noun:  (uncountable) Residual radioactive material in the upper atmosphere which settles down to Earth over a protracted period; typically ash which has been propelled upwards by a nuclear explosion or disaster, sometimes mixed with rain or snow.
noun:  (countable) An event in which this occurs, generally perceived as an ecological disaster due to the distribution of irradiated material over a much larger area than the zone directly affected by the original event.

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