mushroom cloud
noun
: a mushroom-shaped cloud
specifically
: one caused by the explosion of a nuclear weapon
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Witnesses saw a crater open and a mushroom cloud rise.
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Nina dresses as an atomic bomb and her hair is a mushroom cloud.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 June 2024
Sand from the desert below was swept up into the mushroom cloud.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
And just as nuclear blasts produce a distinctive mushroom cloud, uncontrolled wildfires can be powerful enough to generate their own weather.
—Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Nina dresses as an atomic bomb and her hair is a mushroom cloud.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 June 2024
Sand from the desert below was swept up into the mushroom cloud.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
And just as nuclear blasts produce a distinctive mushroom cloud, uncontrolled wildfires can be powerful enough to generate their own weather.
—Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
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“Mushroom cloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mushroom%20cloud. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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