See glass parking lot on Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "A wide range of explosives can convert sand into glass upon detonation, as a temperate of only 1700 Celsius is required. The most recognized generation process was through nuclear testing with the discovery of (Trinitite), but other munition are capable of the same result, without implying the use of a nuclear attack.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "-" }, "expansion": "glass parking lot (uncountable)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "American English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Nuclear warfare", "orig": "en:Nuclear warfare", "parents": [ "War", "Weapons", "Conflict", "Military", "Violence", "Hunting", "Tools", "Human behaviour", "Society", "Human activity", "Technology", "Human", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2015, Brad Roberts, The Case for U.S. Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century:", "text": "[…]it is common for Americans to respond with the convictions that \"they wouldn't dare\" and \"we'll turn them into a glass parking lot\" (that is, we'll attack them with nuclear weapons until there is nothing left of them).", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Total destruction in the aftermath of a nuclear attack." ], "id": "en-glass_parking_lot-en-noun-IzZnzkb9", "raw_glosses": [ "(US, informal) Total destruction in the aftermath of a nuclear attack." ], "tags": [ "US", "informal", "uncountable" ], "wikipedia": [ "Trinitite" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "rhymes": "-ɒt" } ], "word": "glass parking lot" }
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