falloutfall‧out /ˈfɔːlaʊt $ ˈfɒːl-/ noun [uncountable] 
protection against radioactive fallout2the results of a particular event, especially when they are unexpected: The political fallout of the affair cost him his job.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The fallout from the scandal cost him his job.
- Almost as dramatic as the financial scale of the mess is the growing political fallout.
- How big a political fallout should we expect?
- I think there would be a definite fallout in support for Dennis after this season..
- It is the fallout of atmospheric tests which ended in 1974.
- Meanwhile, she sidestepped some of the political fallout.
- Our fallout falls everywhere, part of nature too.
- The current crisis is part of the fallout of that failed summit.
- We're not worried about any potential diplomatic fallout due to your conduct.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY protection against radioactive fallout The political fallout of the affair cost him his job.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1the dangerous radioactive dust which is left in the air after a nuclear explosion and which slowly falls to earth: protection against radioactive fallout The political fallout of the affair cost him his job.· Almost as dramatic as the financial scale of the mess is the growing political fallout.· Even if that course turns out to be legal, however, the political fallout could be severe.· Quite apart from the political fallout, there is the nagging worry that the economy may already be on the brink of recession.· The political fallout from his misadventure has been compared in the London press to that experienced by Sen.· How big a political fallout should we expect?· Meanwhile, she sidestepped some of the political fallout.· The human and political fallout from the earlier mass departure left Clinton in a no-win situation.
· The study linked the increase directly to the radioactive fallout from Chernobyl.· I heard new vocabulary: nuclear bomb, radioactive fallout, bomb shelter.· These costs linger like radioactive fallout, contaminating core beliefs and inspiring additional replicative actions that demand further minimization.
NOUN· He was on his way to a shopping center in Jeff Parish where a model fallout shelter was on display.
protection against radioactive fallout2the results of a particular event, especially when they are unexpected: The political fallout of the affair cost him his job.