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fallout shelter
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Noun1.fallout shelter - a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bombfallout shelter - a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb
shelter - a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
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Speaking to a graduating class in Moscow, the Prophet Obama turns the Cold War into meatloaf: Like President Medvedev and myself, you're not old enough to have witnessed the darkest hours of the Cold War, when hydrogen bombs were tested in the atmosphere, and children drilled in fallout shelters, and we reached the brink of nuclear catastrophe.
WhiteHouse.gov by Dowd, Maureen / The American Spectator
A retailer of nuclear fallout shelters in Japan said Monday that sales soared in the lead-up to North Korea's rocket launch as jittery residents took their safety into their own hands.
Japan firm says nuke shelter sales up by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Nations were crippled with fear and paranoia, constructing nuclear fallout shelters to sustain the population for months, if not years after an attack.
CITY OF EMBER by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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