ground zero

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[edit] English

Nagasaki, Japan before and after atomic bombing in 1945

[edit] Noun

ground zero (plural ground zeroes)

  1. The point on the land or water surface below, above, or at which an atomic or nuclear bomb detonates
  2. (by extension) The location of any disaster

[edit] Translations

location on the surface marking the detonation of a bomb

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