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Origin of mushroom cloud

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby mushroom cloud

Mushin, mushmelon, mushmouth, mushroom, mushroom anchor, mushroom cloud, mushroom slab construction, mushroom ventilator, mushy, mushyheaded, Musial

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How to use mushroom cloud in a sentence

We’ve all seen photographs of a mushroom cloud released by an atomic bomb or the panic sent worldwide after nuclear disasters at Fukishima or Chernobyl.
Environment Report: Why San Diego Can’t Recycle Its Nuclear Waste|MacKenzie Elmer|December 7, 2021|Voice of San Diego
Creating what was described as a “Niagara Falls in reverse,” Baker lifted vessels up into its watery mushroom cloud before dumping them — and a lethal radioactive soup — back down on the ships still afloat.
Experimenting with hydrogen bombs, the U.S. blew lives apart|Gregg Herken|November 5, 2021|Washington Post
It had been flown without a crew through a mushroom cloud during A-bomb tests at Bikini Atoll, a way to gather data without endangering fliers.
More on the Flying Fortress that had trouble landing at a 1948 air show|John Kelly|September 25, 2021|Washington Post
The mushroom cloud of Verdansk glows in the distance, and there is also a new point of interest on the map called “Control Center” where there was previously a building under construction.
‘Call of Duty: Warzone’ finally nukes Verdansk map|Mike Hume|April 21, 2021|Washington Post

Then a 20-story-high mushroom cloud of smoke came rolling up the street toward us.
New York Journalists Remember the First Moments of 9/11|Abby Haglage|September 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He ran outside witnessing what he later described as a “giant black mushroom cloud.”
They Saw It Coming: Life in West, Texas, After the Boom|Christine Pelisek|April 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He went to Richland High School, whose mascot was the Bombers and whose logo was, and remains, a mushroom cloud.
At the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, a Steady Drip of Toxic Trouble|Eric Nusbaum|February 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Fail, and most experts think it is just a matter of time before one of these capitals disappears in a mushroom cloud.
Will Obama End the Nuclear Era?|Joseph Cirincione|April 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Get with the program or the next attack would be a “mushroom cloud.”
Death of the Neocons|Eric Alterman|June 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The gorgeous mushroom cloud of the atomic explosion looked alive and threatening like those Djinni once banned by Solomon.
The Brain|Alexander Blade
The appearance of the magma under them, almost like a mushroom cloud in shape, was pretty ominous.
The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin
Then came the single blinding flash that spelled the end of Kanato, and afterward a billowing mushroom cloud.
Beyond The Thunder|H. B. Hickey

British Dictionary definitions for mushroom cloud

mushroom cloud

noun

the large mushroom-shaped cloud of dust, debris, etc produced by a nuclear explosion

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