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- noun A thick-walled
building , usually under the ground, built so that people can keep away from dust after anuclear explosion.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb
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