Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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nuclear winter | Yes | No | No | No |
cataclysm | Yes | No | No | No |
nuclear winter (noun) | cataclysm (noun) |
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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 | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune |
a sudden violent change in the earth's surface |