fallout shelter
noun [C]Definition
› a strong building, usually under the ground, intended to keep people safe from the dust in the air after a nuclear explosionSafe and enclosed spaces
(Definition of fallout shelter noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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