Chernobyl

[ chur-noh-buhl; Russian chyir-naw-bil ]

/ tʃɜrˈnoʊ bəl; Russian tʃyɪrˈnɔ bɪl /

noun

a city in northern Ukraine, 80 miles (129 km) northwest of Kyiv: nuclear-plant accident 1986.

Words nearby Chernobyl

cherish, Cherkassy, Cherkess Autonomous Region, Chernenko, Chernigov, Chernobyl, Chernovtsy, chernozem, Cherokee, Cherokee rose, Cherokees

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Example sentences from the Web for Chernobyl

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster is widely considered to be the greatest nuclear catastrophe in world history.
Chernobyl Drones, Star Wars and More Viral Videos|The Daily Beast Video|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bayes read Bible verses on stage and linked the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl to the Book of Revelations.
Idaho’s Freakshow Debate|Ben Jacobs|May 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the same speech, Beck compared Washington, D.C. to Chernobyl—because our political system is “toxic,” get it?
He's Back! Glenn Beck Says Obama Will Throw Opponents in Internment Camps|Caitlin Dickson|February 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, thyroid cancers cases started to show up after four to five years after the accident.
The Fukushima Generation: New Data on Birth Defects in Post-Meltdown Japan|Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky, Jake Adelstein|September 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST

You know things are bad when Chernobyl is your reference point.
Nightmare on Coney Island After Sandy Knocks Historic Area to its Knees|Paula Szuchman|November 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for Chernobyl

Chernobyl

/ (tʃɜːˈnəʊbəl, -ˈnɒbəl) /

noun

a town in N Ukraine; site of a nuclear power station accident in 1986

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for Chernobyl

Chernobyl

[ (chuhr-noh-buhl, cher-noh-buhl) ]

A place in Ukraine where a nuclear power plant — a generator powered by a nuclear reactor — underwent a meltdown in 1986. A cloud of radioactive gases spread throughout the region of Chernobyl and to foreign countries as well. Forty thousand people living nearby were evacuated. Dozens of deaths and hundreds of illnesses were reported to have been caused by the accident. (Compare Three Mile Island (see also Three Mile Island).)

单词	chernobyl
释义	Chernobyl [ chur-noh-buhl; Russian chyir-naw-bil ] / tʃɜrˈnoʊ bəl; Russian tʃyɪrˈnɔ bɪl / noun a city in northern Ukraine, 80 miles (129 km) northwest of Kyiv: nuclear-plant accident 1986. Words nearby Chernobyl cherish, Cherkassy, Cherkess Autonomous Region, Chernenko, Chernigov, Chernobyl, Chernovtsy, chernozem, Cherokee, Cherokee rose, Cherokees Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Chernobyl The 1986 Chernobyl disaster is widely considered to be the greatest nuclear catastrophe in world history. Chernobyl Drones, Star Wars and More Viral Videos\|The Daily Beast Video\|November 30, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Bayes read Bible verses on stage and linked the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl to the Book of Revelations. Idaho’s Freakshow Debate\|Ben Jacobs\|May 16, 2014\|DAILY BEAST In the same speech, Beck compared Washington, D.C. to Chernobyl—because our political system is “toxic,” get it? He's Back! Glenn Beck Says Obama Will Throw Opponents in Internment Camps\|Caitlin Dickson\|February 6, 2014\|DAILY BEAST In the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, thyroid cancers cases started to show up after four to five years after the accident. The Fukushima Generation: New Data on Birth Defects in Post-Meltdown Japan\|Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky, Jake Adelstein\|September 26, 2013\|DAILY BEAST You know things are bad when Chernobyl is your reference point. Nightmare on Coney Island After Sandy Knocks Historic Area to its Knees\|Paula Szuchman\|November 1, 2012\|DAILY BEAST British Dictionary definitions for Chernobyl Chernobyl / (tʃɜːˈnəʊbəl, -ˈnɒbəl) / noun a town in N Ukraine; site of a nuclear power station accident in 1986 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for Chernobyl Chernobyl [ (chuhr-noh-buhl, cher-noh-buhl) ] A place in Ukraine where a nuclear power plant — a generator powered by a nuclear reactor — underwent a meltdown in 1986. A cloud of radioactive gases spread throughout the region of Chernobyl and to foreign countries as well. Forty thousand people living nearby were evacuated. Dozens of deaths and hundreds of illnesses were reported to have been caused by the accident. (Compare Three Mile Island (see also Three Mile Island).) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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