NUCLEAR WINTER


Meaning of NUCLEAR WINTER in English

Function: noun

Date: 1983

: the chilling of climate that is hypothesized to be a consequence of nuclear war and to result from the prolonged blockage of sunlight by high-altitude dust clouds produced by nuclear explosions

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