"atomic winter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: atomic winters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} atomic winter (plural atomic winters)
  1. (uncommon) Nuclear winter. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-atomic_winter-en-noun-E3tIPaT5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "• December 1956. elements of the IV Corps (10th [Guards] Infantry Division) and II Corps (2nd and 27th Infantry Divisions) participated in an atomic winter maneuver.",
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          "ref": "2002, Jean-Pierre Boulé, HIV Stories: The Archaeology of AIDS Writing in France, 1985-1988, page 129",
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