mushroom cloud

noun

1. mushroom.

mushroom cloud

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mushroom cloud¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

"Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof - the smoking gun - that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud," Bush said in an October 2002 televised speech.

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Years later, it still felt awkward dancing away to “Enola Gay,” and even more so after the group flashed images of the notorious aircraft and a mushroom cloud on screens.

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Both Russian and Ukrainian media channels and Telegram accounts posted videos and pictures from the site, showing a raging blaze with metres-high flames and mushroom clouds from the explosion.

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“Thank God they caught him before the fires … there would have been a mushroom cloud over his house,” Chappelle said.

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When John Folkes was 19 years old, he was on board a plane ordered to fly through four atomic bomb mushroom clouds.

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