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View synonyms for mushroom cloud

mushroom cloud

mushroom cloud

noun

  1. the large mushroom-shaped cloud of dust, debris, etc produced by a nuclear explosion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of mushroom cloud1

First recorded in 1940–45

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