Synonyms for fallout
fall·out

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1. falloutnoun

   A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.

   Psychological fallout in the shadow of terrorism, title of an article by Dr. Abraham Twerski, M.D. in .

   Synonyms:
   repercussion

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1. fallout, radioactive dustnoun

   the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion

   Synonyms:
   side effect, radioactive dust

2. side effect, falloutnoun

   any adverse and unwanted secondary effect

   "a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal"

   Synonyms:
   radioactive dust, side effect

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1. • Consequence
   • Dust

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1. List of paraphrases for "fallout":

   fall-out, spin-offs, impact, rainfall, spillovers

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1. Rod Serling:

   The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices -- to be found in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own -- for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.

2. Hank Gmitro:

   The issue now is frustration of political fallout from decisions that have to be made and the stress that causes.

3. Rainer Guntermann:

   There appears to be more transparency, communication in terms of the virus, and that makes it easier to start assessing the economic fallout. So the markets have taken some comfort from that.

4. Mike Verden:

   This is absolutely tangible proof of fallout from defunding Cleveland Police, defunding Cleveland Police has these types of residual effects – you have a decrease in staffing. So, the less police you have, the less coverage you have. And the less coverage you have, the more crime you have. While some carjacking incidents result in vehicles being sold on the black market to be stripped down for their parts, there's been more of an increase in the Midwest of those vehicles taken in carjacking being then used to commit other crimes, such as smash-and-grab robberies, Verden said. He said other crimes, like home burglaries, are down because more people are home during the pandemic.

5. Gavin Patterson:

   I see this as a moment of opportunity [but] there are going to be businesses that don't make it through this [the fallout from Brexit].