fallouts
Aftermath of disasters
Fallouts is the plural of fallout, which originally refers to the radioactive particles that descend through the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion.
The term has extended to mean any unpleasant consequences or aftereffects of an event or action.
The fallouts from the scandal continued for months.
Political decisions, corporate missteps, and personal conflicts all generate their various fallouts—the lingering problems that remain once the initial event has passed.
Indirect results of actions
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
- aftereffectsDelayed secondary consequences
- aftermathResults following an event
- backlashStrong negative reaction
blowback · side-effects · outcomes · results · impact · sequelae · upshots · corollaries
Energy propagation through space
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- ChernobylSoviet nuclear disaster site
- FukushimaJapanese nuclear accident site
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
radioactive · isotopes · uranium · plutonium · half-life · reactor · Hiroshima · Nagasaki
Failures to concur
- quarrelsAngry disagreements between people
- riftsBreaks or separations
- estrangementsStates of relational distance
- rupturesBreaks or bursts suddenly
splits · breakups · feuds · schisms · alienation · discord · falling-out · acrimony
repercussions
Indirect results of actions
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
- aftereffectsDelayed secondary consequences
- aftermathResults following an event
backlash · blowback · side-effects · outcomes · results · impact · sequelae · upshots · corollaries · residuals
radiation
Energy propagation through space
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- ChernobylSoviet nuclear disaster site
- FukushimaJapanese nuclear accident site
meltdown · radioactive · isotopes · uranium · plutonium · half-life · reactor · Hiroshima · Nagasaki · shelter
disagreements
Failures to concur
- quarrelsAngry disagreements between people
- riftsBreaks or separations
- estrangementsStates of relational distance
ruptures · splits · breakups · feuds · schisms · alienation · discord · falling-out · acrimony · bitterness
falloutscauses
Brings into being
triggers · catalysts · origins · sources · root causes
falloutsreconciliations
Restorations of friendly relations
make-ups · reunions · rapprochements · resolutions · healings
- nuclear falloutDebris from atomic detonation
- fallout shelterRadiation-proof refuge structure
- radioactive falloutContaminated particles descending post-blast
- political fallout
- fallout zoneRegion receiving scattered radioactive debris
- fallout shelter signPlacard marking nuclear refuge