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Nuclear Winter

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Noun

1. nuclear winter

a long period of darkness and extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war; a layer of dust and smoke in the atmosphere would cover the earth and block the rays of the sun; most living organisms would perish

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Nuclear Winter

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noun
a period of extremely low temperatures and little light that, it has been suggested, would occur as a result of a nuclear war

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Nuclear Winter

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a hypothetical condition following nuclear war in which light from the sun is cut off by clouds of smoke and dust resulting in very low temperatures and consequent devastation of the environment and loss of life

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Nuclear Winter

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n.
A worldwide darkening and cooling of the atmosphere with consequent devastation of life forms, believed to be a probable outcome of large-scale nuclear war.

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