Definition of fallout shelter
:a shelter built underground to protect people from radioactive fallout (particles that are produced by a nuclear explosion)
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fallout
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: the often radioactive particles stirred up by or resulting from a nuclear explosion and descending through the atmosphere
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: descent (as of fallout) through the atmosphere
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: a secondary and often lingering effect, result, or set of consequences
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: quarrel
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: turn out, happen
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: to leave one's place in the ranks
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shelter
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: something that covers or affords protection
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: an establishment providing food and shelter (as to the homeless)
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: an establishment that houses and feeds stray or unwanted animals
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: to constitute or provide a shelter for : protect
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: to place under shelter or protection
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: to protect (income) from taxation
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