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noun
A thick-walled building, usually under the ground, built so that people can keep away from dust after a nuclear explosion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shelter
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