radioactive dust

Noun

Meaning

the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion

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I'm not raising any kids to be radioactive dust. Robert A. Heinlein

If my years as a shatterling had taught me anything, it was that not all questions had answers. Societies had reduced themselves to radioactive dust because they could not accept that single unpalatable truth. Alastair Reynolds

Shoot at us, we will nuke you all and let God sort out your radioactive dust. Steve Perry

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