fallout
/ˈfɔːlaʊt/US/ˈfɔlˌaʊt/
fallout noun: 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.
Noun
fallout (countable and uncountable, plural fallouts)
- 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.
- It was 5 February 2010 and Safdar had already dealt with the fallout of one explosion that day: an hour before, a motorbike laden with explosives had slammed into a bus carrying Shia Muslims to a religious procession.2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian
- The particles themselves.
- 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.
- A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
- Psychological fallout in the shadow of terrorism
- Synonyms:
- blowback, repercussions
- A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.
- The person who declines such an offer.
- An impromptu guest used to fill in for another guest spot who is a no-show or who has cancelled last minute.
fallout meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Thai
fallout in Hindi
- fallout, consequence, bad outcome or effect
- दुष्परिणाम duṣpariṇām
fallout in Urdu
- جھگڑ پڑنا, رونما ہونا
fallout in Malayalam
- വീഴ്ച
fallout in Thai
- particles that fall to the ground
- ฝุ่นกัมมันตรังสี
Examples of fallout in a sentence
- And amid all the finger-pointing and pushing to overcome the political fallout of the shooting, neither Mr.
- During the concert Chris Martin appeared to reference the kiss-cam couple and to anticipate the fallout.
- Most weather-related fallouts and concentrations were not quite so Stephen Kingesque, but many were memorable.
Synonyms of fallout
Forms of fallout
| plural | fallouts |
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Origin of fallout
Deverbal from fall out; fall + out.
Words formed from fallout
- area of militarily significant fallout
- atmospheric fallout
- borrower fallout
- chemical fallout
- executive fallout
- fallout contour
- fallout pattern
- fallout prediction
- fallout risk
- fallout safe height of burst
- fallout shelter
- fallout winds
- fallout wind vector plot
- investor fallout
- militarily significant fallout
- nonfallout
- nuclear fallout
- radioactive fallout
- soot fallout
Phrases with fallout
Questions about fallout
- What does fallout mean?
- Fallout means 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.
- What is fallout in Hindi?
- Fallout in Hindi is दुष्परिणाम (duṣpariṇām). See Fallout meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fallout?
- Fallout is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fallout?
- Fallout is pronounced /ˈfɔːlaʊt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fallout?
- The plural of fallout is fallouts.
Words near fallout in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fallout (page history and authors); दुष्परिणाम (Hindi) (page history and authors); fallout (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fallout (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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