mushroom cloud
noun
: a mushroom-shaped cloud
specifically
: one caused by the explosion of a nuclear weapon
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The explosion blew a yawning hole into the side of the warehouse before billowing into a mushroom cloud.
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Calista Oetama
july 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
The July 1 incident sparked at a pyrotechnics facility damaged crops, buildings and other properties within a half mile of the fire that cast a mushroom cloud over the region.
—Ishani Desai
july 8, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2025
Both a photo claiming to show Israeli intelligence HQ in ruins and a video of a nuclear bomb-sized mushroom cloud in Tehran on X appeared to be AI-generated, based on NBC News' visual analysis and confirmation through a tool operated by Google that identifies its own AI-generative technology.
—Chelsea Chan, NBC news, 24 June 2025
Carol Sutton Lewis: But June never lost her interest in that mushroom cloud.
—Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
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Calista Oetama
july 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
The July 1 incident sparked at a pyrotechnics facility damaged crops, buildings and other properties within a half mile of the fire that cast a mushroom cloud over the region.
—Ishani Desai
july 8, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2025
Both a photo claiming to show Israeli intelligence HQ in ruins and a video of a nuclear bomb-sized mushroom cloud in Tehran on X appeared to be AI-generated, based on NBC News' visual analysis and confirmation through a tool operated by Google that identifies its own AI-generative technology.
—Chelsea Chan, NBC news, 24 June 2025
Carol Sutton Lewis: But June never lost her interest in that mushroom cloud.
—Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
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“Mushroom cloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mushroom%20cloud. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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