mushroom cloud
English
Noun
A closeup of the fireball and mushroom cloud from the Upshot-Knothole Grable atomic bomb.
mushroom cloud (plural mushroom clouds)
- A large cloud of smoke, flame and debris that rises into the sky as a result of a large explosion, especially after a nuclear explosion, characterized by a long shaft rising from the ground into a much-larger or more-spread-out top, reminiscent of a mushroom in shape.
- 1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic (lyrics and music), “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!:
- It's Christmas at ground zero / There's panic in the crowd / We can dodge debris / While we trim the tree / Underneath a mushroom cloud
Translations
mushroom-shaped cloud
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