mushroom cloud
noun
: a mushroom-shaped cloud
specifically
: one caused by the explosion of a nuclear weapon
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Blue Origin is a central player in NASA’s moon project, but those plans took a big hit Thursday night when one of Jeff Bezos’ rockets catastrophically exploded into a giant mushroom cloud on its Cape Canaveral launch pad.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 May 2026
The blast, captured with an assortment of high-speed and motion-picture cameras, shows the fireball expanding between 25 milliseconds and 60 seconds, by which time the mushroom cloud is over 3 kilometers high.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2026
In a world living in the shadow of the mushroom cloud, the vault was a grim reminder that after nearly two hundred years, the American experiment needed to be defended.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Wu said it could be seen as a mushroom cloud or even a gesture.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 6 May 2026
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 May 2026
The blast, captured with an assortment of high-speed and motion-picture cameras, shows the fireball expanding between 25 milliseconds and 60 seconds, by which time the mushroom cloud is over 3 kilometers high.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2026
In a world living in the shadow of the mushroom cloud, the vault was a grim reminder that after nearly two hundred years, the American experiment needed to be defended.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Wu said it could be seen as a mushroom cloud or even a gesture.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 6 May 2026
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“Mushroom cloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mushroom%20cloud. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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