mushroom cloud
noun
: a mushroom-shaped cloud
specifically
: one caused by the explosion of a nuclear weapon
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The soaring ash rose to form a mushroom cloud high above Etna, Europe's highest active volcano, triggering a red alert for aviation crews in the region.
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Bill Chappell, NPR, 2 June 2025
Eventually, a 20-piece jazz orchestra joined in, forming a vast mushroom cloud of sound.
—Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Marvel at the mushroom cloud billowing in the distance.
—Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
Then the glass of the windows shook and a mushroom cloud of smoke and flames billowed out from the trees.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
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Bill Chappell, NPR, 2 June 2025
Eventually, a 20-piece jazz orchestra joined in, forming a vast mushroom cloud of sound.
—Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Marvel at the mushroom cloud billowing in the distance.
—Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
Then the glass of the windows shook and a mushroom cloud of smoke and flames billowed out from the trees.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mushroom cloud
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“Mushroom cloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mushroom%20cloud. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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