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Nuclear winter   /nˈukliər wˈɪntər/   Listen
Nuclear winter

noun
1.
A long period of darkness and extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war; a layer of dust and smoke in the atmosphere would cover the earth and block the rays of the sun; most living organisms would perish.






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