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fallout | argue |

As a noun fallout

is radioactive fallout (radioactive particles that fall to the ground).

As a verb argue is

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fallout

English

Noun

(en 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.
  • 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 , title of an article by Dr. Abraham Twerski, M.D. in [http://www.jewishworldreview.com].
  • (rare) A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.
  • (rare) The person who declines such an offer.
  • Derived terms

    * area of militarily significant fallout * atmospheric fallout * borrower fallout * chemical 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 * nuclear fallout * radioactive fallout * soot fallout

    Synonyms

    * (negative side effect) repercussions

    See also

    * rainout * smokefall

    Anagrams

    *

    argue

    English

    Verb

    (argu)
  • (obsolete) To prove.
  • To shows grounds for concluding ((that)); to indicate, imply.
  • * 1910 , , "The Soul of Laploshka", Reginald in Russia :
  • To have killed Laploshka was one thing; to have kept his beloved money would have argued a callousness of feeling of which I was not capable.
  • To debate, disagree or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.
  • He also argued for stronger methods to be used against China.
    He argued as follows: America should stop Lend-Lease convoying, because it needs to fortify its own Army with the supplies.
    The two boys argued because of disagreement about the science project.
  • To have an argument, a quarrel.
  • To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
  • He argued his point.
    He argued that America should stop Lend-Lease convoying because it needed to fortify its own Army with the supplies.

    Derived terms

    * argie-bargie * argle-bargle * arguable * argue the toss * arguer * argy-bargy

    Anagrams

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