Ground zero

noun

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.nounThe point on the land or water surface below, above, or at which an atomic or nuclear bomb detonates.

2.noun(by extension) The location of any disaster.

3.nounThe very beginning or elementary start of something.

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