mushroom cloud
noun
: a mushroom-shaped cloud
specifically
: one caused by the explosion of a nuclear weapon
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Nothing could realize that aspiration so successfully as a mushroom cloud over a U.S. city.
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Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2010
On the screen behind Vasyl, a mushroom cloud burrows into the sky – a Russian airstrike trying to target Ukrainian operators.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
The explosion blew a yawning hole into the side of the warehouse before billowing into a mushroom cloud.
—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
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Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2010
On the screen behind Vasyl, a mushroom cloud burrows into the sky – a Russian airstrike trying to target Ukrainian operators.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
The explosion blew a yawning hole into the side of the warehouse before billowing into a mushroom cloud.
—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
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“Mushroom cloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mushroom%20cloud. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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