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nuclear winters

nuclear winters is the plural of nuclear winter.

Meaning of nuclear winter

Noun

nuclear winter (plural nuclear winters)

  1. A predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war due to dust in the upper atmosphere reducing sunlight reaching the ground.
    • Scientists from the United States, the Soviet Union and other countries will meet in the Vatican Monday to discuss “nuclear winter,” the chilling climatic effect a nuclear war could have on the earth.1984 January 23, “Parley on ‘Nuclear Winter’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about nuclear winters

What is nuclear winters the plural of?
Nuclear winters is the plural of nuclear winter.

Words near nuclear winters in the dictionary

  1. nuclear waste
  2. nuclear wastes
  3. nuclear weapon
  4. nuclear weapons
  5. nuclear winter
  6. nuclear winters
  7. nuclear-armed
  8. nuclear-electric rocket
  9. nuclear-electric rockets
  10. nuclear-free
  11. nuclear-free zone

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