fallout
faw lowt
- n the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
- n any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal
- Does fallout from nuclear testing endanger the health of the world? Last week only Soviet tests were spraying deadly fission products into the atmosphere, but 20-odd shots had been .
- In the atomic age, March winds and April showers also bring fallouts from the thin upper air.
- Though penicillin is the greatest life-saving drug ever discovered, the "fallout'' of microscopic penicillin particles in hospitals may be a major factor in the spread of.