ground zeron.

Brit.

/ˌɡraʊn(d) ˈzɪərəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌɡraʊn(d) ˈzɪroʊ/,

/ˌɡraʊn(d) ˈziroʊ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ground n., zero n.

Etymology: < ground n. + zero n.

a. The point on the earth's surface directly at, above, or below an exploding nuclear bomb.

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society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation > bombing raid > dropping of bombs > ground under exploding bomb

ground zero1946

hypocentre1960

1946 N.Y. Times 30 June (Late City ed.) 2/3 ‘The rays proved lethal for an average radius of 3,000 feet from ground zero’ (the point below the explosion), the investigators found.

1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Sept. 255/1 There was no noticeable contamination even at ground zero at Hiroshima.

1988 Yankee Oct. 154/2 If there ever is a nuclear war, those at ground zero may be the lucky ones.

2002 K. Matinuddin Nuclearization S. Asia Pref. p. xi I recall the excellent presentations made by the instructors which so vividly brought out the devastating effects of a nuclear detonation on population centres from ground zero outwards.

b. A site of devastation, disaster, or violent attack.

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1990 Time 14 May 55/1 Trucks were still carrying families and their belongings away from ground zero across the trackless Kazakhstan steppe.

1994 Nature 6 Jan. 34/2 A fireball that ignited fires over a smaller area near ground zero.

2002 Guardian 16 Oct. i. 4/5 Small, sobbing knots of people—Indonesian and foreign—paying their respects for the first time at Bali's ground zero.

c. Now chiefly with capital initials. The site of the World Trade Center in New York, destroyed by terrorists on 11 September 2001. Also occasionally: the terrorist attack that destroyed the World Trade Center.

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2001 CTV News (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 11 Sept. Tonight rescue crews are battling to get close enough to ground zero to begin a search for survivors and begin the grim task of recovering the dead.

2003 Independent 9 Jan. (Review section) 23/1 Is Manhattan on a geological fault?.. A couple of years before Ground Zero, we were asked to imagine what would happen if a natural disaster struck the Big Cheesecake.

2015 Esquire Jan. 89/1 Rudy Giuliani, in his farewell address as New York City mayor, called for remaking Ground Zero entire into a memorial.

2021 @DeputyPatrick 11 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 25 Oct. 2021) Proud to have had the chance to visit Ground Zero with our Honour Guard a few years after the attack. A solemn moment but a privilege to honour those brave 1st responders who perished on 9/11.

2. Chiefly North American. The beginning, the starting point. Cf. square one.

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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > starting-point

terminus a quo1549

starting place1570

terma1628

salient motion1664

salient pointa1682

punctum saliens1695

starting point1782

Adam and Eve1793

starting ground1802

point of departure1804

baseline1836

point de départ1848

zero1849

start point1860

jumping-board1878

jumping-off board1914

jumping-off point1927

starting block1932

square one1952

1957 Warren (Pa.) Times-Mirror 11 June 1/6 The $80,000 which would be charged were the project starting from ground zero.

1986 Electronic Musician Aug. 6/1 If you're starting at ground zero in terms of knowledge, go to the library.

2010 W. Manchee Disillusioned xiv. 154 Oh, great. So, we're back to ground zero.

3. Chiefly North American. The central point in an area of rapid change or intense activity.

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1982 N.Y. Times 2 Apr. b2/6 New York City is ground zero for a market place of 20 million people living within a 60-mile radius of Columbus Circle.

2001 Jet 28 May 6 (caption) Kweisi Mfume—who called for a federal probe of Cincinnati's police department—describes the city ‘as ground zero for race relations’.

2018 Canad. Press Newswire (Nexis) 19 Dec. Heller's once-quiet stretch of rural road has become ground zero for an intensifying debate on immigration, in the province and in the country.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022; most recently modified version published online December 2022).

单词	ground zero
释义	ground zeron. Brit. /ˌɡraʊn(d) ˈzɪərəʊ/, U.S. /ˌɡraʊn(d) ˈzɪroʊ/, /ˌɡraʊn(d) ˈziroʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ground n., zero n. Etymology: < ground n. + zero n. 1. a. The point on the earth's surface directly at, above, or below an exploding nuclear bomb. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation > bombing raid > dropping of bombs > ground under exploding bomb ground zero1946 hypocentre1960 1946 N.Y. Times 30 June (Late City ed.) 2/3 ‘The rays proved lethal for an average radius of 3,000 feet from ground zero’ (the point below the explosion), the investigators found. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Sept. 255/1 There was no noticeable contamination even at ground zero at Hiroshima. 1988 Yankee Oct. 154/2 If there ever is a nuclear war, those at ground zero may be the lucky ones. 2002 K. Matinuddin Nuclearization S. Asia Pref. p. xi I recall the excellent presentations made by the instructors which so vividly brought out the devastating effects of a nuclear detonation on population centres from ground zero outwards. b. A site of devastation, disaster, or violent attack. ΚΠ 1990 Time 14 May 55/1 Trucks were still carrying families and their belongings away from ground zero across the trackless Kazakhstan steppe. 1994 Nature 6 Jan. 34/2 A fireball that ignited fires over a smaller area near ground zero. 2002 Guardian 16 Oct. i. 4/5 Small, sobbing knots of people—Indonesian and foreign—paying their respects for the first time at Bali's ground zero. c. Now chiefly with capital initials. The site of the World Trade Center in New York, destroyed by terrorists on 11 September 2001. Also occasionally: the terrorist attack that destroyed the World Trade Center. ΚΠ 2001 CTV News (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 11 Sept. Tonight rescue crews are battling to get close enough to ground zero to begin a search for survivors and begin the grim task of recovering the dead. 2003 Independent 9 Jan. (Review section) 23/1 Is Manhattan on a geological fault?.. A couple of years before Ground Zero, we were asked to imagine what would happen if a natural disaster struck the Big Cheesecake. 2015 Esquire Jan. 89/1 Rudy Giuliani, in his farewell address as New York City mayor, called for remaking Ground Zero entire into a memorial. 2021 @DeputyPatrick 11 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 25 Oct. 2021) Proud to have had the chance to visit Ground Zero with our Honour Guard a few years after the attack. A solemn moment but a privilege to honour those brave 1st responders who perished on 9/11. 2. Chiefly North American. The beginning, the starting point. Cf. square one. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > starting-point terminus a quo1549 starting place1570 terma1628 salient motion1664 salient pointa1682 punctum saliens1695 starting point1782 Adam and Eve1793 starting ground1802 point of departure1804 baseline1836 point de départ1848 zero1849 start point1860 jumping-board1878 jumping-off board1914 jumping-off point1927 starting block1932 square one1952 1957 Warren (Pa.) Times-Mirror 11 June 1/6 The $80,000 which would be charged were the project starting from ground zero. 1986 Electronic Musician Aug. 6/1 If you're starting at ground zero in terms of knowledge, go to the library. 2010 W. Manchee Disillusioned xiv. 154 Oh, great. So, we're back to ground zero. 3. Chiefly North American. The central point in an area of rapid change or intense activity. ΚΠ 1982 N.Y. Times 2 Apr. b2/6 New York City is ground zero for a market place of 20 million people living within a 60-mile radius of Columbus Circle. 2001 Jet 28 May 6 (caption) Kweisi Mfume—who called for a federal probe of Cincinnati's police department—describes the city ‘as ground zero for race relations’. 2018 Canad. Press Newswire (Nexis) 19 Dec. Heller's once-quiet stretch of rural road has become ground zero for an intensifying debate on immigration, in the province and in the country. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022; most recently modified version published online December 2022). > as lemmas ground zero ground zero n. that part of the ground situated immediately under an exploding bomb, esp. an atomic one. ΘΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation > bombing raid > dropping of bombs > ground under exploding bomb ground zero1946 hypocentre1960 1946 N.Y. Times 7 July E10/1 The intense heat of the blast started fires as far as 3,500 feet from ‘ground zero’. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Sept. 255/1 There was no noticeable contamination even at ground zero at Hiroshima. extracted from groundn. < n.1946 as lemmas
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