Chernobyl

Definitions

1. A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.
2. A major nuclear-energy accident.
   broadly
3. The 1986 nuclear accident which resulted in the abandonment of the aforementioned city.
   broadly

Equivalents

20 more languages

العربيةتْشِيرْنُوبِيل

CatalàTxernòbil

ČeštinaČernobyl

DanskTjernobyl

ΕλληνικάΤσερνόμπιλ

EsperantoĈernobilo

SuomiTšernobyl

MagyarCsernobil

ՀայերենՉեռնոբիլ

ItalianoCernobilČernobyl'Čornobyl'

日本語チェルノブイリチョルノーブィリ

한국어체르노빌

LietuviųČernobylis

PolskiCzarnobylczarnobylski

PortuguêsChernobilChernobylTchernóbil

РусскийЧернобыль

Slovenčinačernobyľ

SvenskaTjernobyl

TürkçeÇernobil

УкраїнськаЧорнобиль

Examples

“A couple of oil shocks, a Chernobyl meltdown, and a Gulf War later, his basic message - the need⟳ to emphasize efficiency and renewable resources over oil and nuclear power - is still a minority view⟳,[…]”

“After Chernobyl, very few nuclear power plants were built for years.”

“Many secret cities were Chernobyls in slow motion.”

“The effects of a Chernobyl disaster in my community would probably be barely noticeable.”

“So those would be a lot of Chernobyls that the ecosystem would have⟳ to deal⟳ with.”

“It has to be handled properly with great accuracy and no room for mistakes, because if we do have⟳ like⟳ a Chernobyl catastrophe, God forbid⟳, it could wipe out our entire people.”

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