atomic winter

noun

Nuclear winter.

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Meanings

nounatomic winter (plural atomic winters)

plural atomic winters

  1. uncommonNuclear winter.

    ...the military phantasy is fine-tuned into a nuclear war followed by an atomic winter...

    2002, Jean-Pierre Boulé, HIV Stories: The Archaeology of AIDS Writing in France, 1985-1988, →ISBN, page 129
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    Let it explode, it is the only safe explosion left, now that man has invented the ingredients of eternal atomic winter.

    1957, Bruce Hutchison, Canada: Tomorrow's Giant, page 85

    • December 1956. elements of the IV Corps (10th [Guards] Infantry Division) and II Corps (2nd and 27th Infantry Divisions) participated in an atomic winter maneuver.

    1990, US Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Global Spread of Chemical and Biological Weapons, Hearings, page 555
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