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Noun: nuclear winter
  1. A long period of darkness and extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war; a layer of dust and smoke in the atmosphere would cover the earth and block the rays of the sun; most living organisms would perish

Derived forms: nuclear winters

Type of: cataclysm, catastrophe

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