mushroom cloud

English

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Noun

mushroom cloud (plural mushroom clouds)

1. 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, “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

Chinese: Mandarin: 蘑菇雲 / 蘑菇云 (zh) (móguyún) Czech: atomový hřib Danish: paddehatsky c, paddehattesky c Dutch: paddenstoelwolk (nl) f Finnish: sienipilvi (fi) French: champignon atomique (fr) m German: (general) Pilzwolke (de) f, (nuclear) Atompilz (de) m Japanese: 茸雲 (ja) (きのこぐも, kinokogumo) Mongolian: мөөг хэлбэртэй үүл (möög xelbertej üül) Polish: grzyb (pl) m, grzyb atomowy m Portuguese: nuvem de cogumelo f, nuvem cogumelo f, nuvem em cogumelo f Russian: грибови́дное о́блако n (gribovídnoje óblako) Spanish: nube de hongo f Swedish: svampmoln n

Gallery

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  Mushroom cloud over Hiroshima
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  Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki
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  A closeup of the fireball and mushroom cloud of Upshot-Knothole Grable
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  Mushroom cloud of Castle Bravo, the largest ever nuclear test by the United States