Associations to the word «Chernobyl»

Wiktionary

CHERNOBYL, proper noun. An abandoned city in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear accident.
CHERNOBYL, noun. (by extension) A major nuclear-energy accident.
CHERNOBYL SYNDROME, proper noun. A group of disorders associated with radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
CHERNOBYL SYNDROME, proper noun. Mistrust of nuclear energy technology as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Dictionary definition

CHERNOBYL, noun. A city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (26 April 1986).

Wise words

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