Fallout vs Dismiss - What's the difference?
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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.
A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
(rare) A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.
(rare) The person who declines such an offer.
(senseid)(lb) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
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(lb) To order to leave.
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(lb) To dispel; to rid one's mind of.
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(lb) To reject; to refuse to accept.
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*:"He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." ¶ "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" ¶ "This morning, before father went downtown." ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.
To get a batsman out.
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To give someone a red card; to send off.
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As a noun fallout
is radioactive fallout (radioactive particles that fall to the ground).As a verb dismiss is
(senseid)(lb) to discharge; to end the employment or service of.fallout
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Noun
(en noun)- 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.
- Psychological fallout in the shadow of terrorism , title of an article by Dr. Abraham Twerski, M.D. in [http://www.jewishworldreview.com].
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 falloutSynonyms
* (negative side effect) repercussionsSee also
* rainout * smokefallAnagrams
*dismiss
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Verb
West Brom 1-3 Blackburn, passage=Kalinic later saw red for a rash tackle on Paul Scharner before Gabriel Tamas was dismissed for bringing down Diouf.}}