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The correct spelling is fallout.
How to pronounce fallout
IPA: /ˈfɔːlaʊt/
Say it like: Fal-low-t
The correct spelling is fallout. 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. For example: "On 26 April 1986 the reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant located in the Soviet Union near Pripyat in Ukraine exploded. Further explosions and the resulting fire sent a plume of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over an extensive geographical area."
Usage Examples
“On 26 April 1986 the reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant located in the Soviet Union near Pripyat in Ukraine exploded. Further explosions and the resulting fire sent a plume of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over an extensive geographical area.”
“Psychological fallout in the shadow of terrorism, title of an article by Dr. Abraham Twerski, M.D. in http//www.jewishworldreview.com.”
Definition
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.The particles themselves.
- 3.A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
- 4.A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.
- 5.The person who declines such an offer.
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