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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The glassy residue left on the desert floor after the Trinity nuclear bomb test of 1945 at Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA. uncountable, usually
2. 2
   by extension, any melt glasses left by atomic bombs uncountable, usually

Synonyms

All synonyms

alamogordo glassalamogordo glassatomsite

Etymology

From Trinity + -ite.

Related phrases

atomic bombfusion crustimpact glassmelt glassnuclear bomb

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