debris cloud
Airborne wreckage mass
A debris cloud is a mass of airborne particles and fragments produced by destruction or disintegration—typically from explosions, building collapses, volcanic eruptions, or cosmic impacts.
The term appears in disaster coverage a debris cloud engulfed lower Manhattan and in astronomy, where debris clouds form from asteroid collisions or comet breakups orbiting a star.
- dustFine settled particles
- dust stormWind-carried soil phenomenon
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- scatteredSpread irregularly about
particles · asteroid · asteroid belt · collision · plume · smoke · fallout · shrapnel · blast · shock wave · blast radius · ground zero · mushroom · dispersal · fragments · rubble · aftermath · cosmic
- Tornadoestornado, twister, funnel, vortex, supercell
- Nuclear Falloutfallout, radioactive dust, fallout zone, fallout shelter, contamination zone
- space debrisspace junk, rocket stages, paint flakes, metal shards, glass fragments
- storm anatomysupercell, cumulonimbus, mesocyclone, tornado, updraft
- emergency preparednessemergency kit, evacuation plan, emergency plan, emergency alerts, emergency supplies
- Nuclear Testsnuclear test, nuclear explosion, underground test, atmospheric test, weapons test
debris cloudclear sky
Atmosphere without clouds
empty space · unobstructed view · visibility · transparency · vacuum
debris, cloud, clouds, cloudy, cloudless, clouded, clouding, cloudiness