"mushroom cloud" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mushroom clouds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mushroom cloud (plural mushroom clouds)
  1. A large cloud of smoke, flame and debris that rises into the sky as a result of a large explosion, especially after a nuclear explosion, characterized by a long shaft rising from the ground into a much-larger or more-spread-out top, reminiscent of a mushroom in shape. Wikipedia link: mushroom cloud Categories (topical): Nuclear warfare Translations (mushroom-shaped cloud): 蘑菇雲 (Chinese Mandarin), 蘑菇云 (móguyún) (Chinese Mandarin), atomový hřib (Czech), paddehatsky [common-gender] (Danish), paddehattesky [common-gender] (Danish), paddenstoelwolk [feminine] (Dutch), sienipilvi (Finnish), champignon atomique [masculine] (French), Pilzwolke [feminine, general] (German), Atompilz (english: nuclear) [masculine] (German), 茸雲 (kinokogumo) (alt: きのこぐも) (Japanese), мөөг хэлбэртэй үүл (möög xelbertej üül) (Mongolian), grzyb [masculine] (Polish), grzyb atomowy [masculine] (Polish), nuvem de cogumelo [feminine] (Portuguese), nuvem cogumelo [feminine] (Portuguese), nuvem em cogumelo [feminine] (Portuguese), грибови́дное о́блако (gribovídnoje óblako) [neuter] (Russian), nube de hongo [feminine] (Spanish), svampmoln [neuter] (Swedish)

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