A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.
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chernobyl
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for chernobyl.
Editorial note
What happened in Chernobyl was a combination of technical failure, failure to follow regulations, bad design and an error cascade.
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Quick take
A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of chernobyl gathered in one view.
(by extension) The 1986 nuclear accident which resulted in the abandonment of the aforementioned city.
(by extension) A major nuclear-energy accident.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for chernobyl.
noun
A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.
noun
(by extension) The 1986 nuclear accident which resulted in the abandonment of the aforementioned city.
noun
(by extension) A major nuclear-energy accident.
Example sentences
What happened in Chernobyl was a combination of technical failure, failure to follow regulations, bad design and an error cascade.
Wildfires in the exclusion zones of Chernobyl or Fukushima are bound to release radioactive clouds over neighbouring regions and countries.
It took a friggin' tsunami to mess up that old plant and even then, they managed to avoid Chernobyl scenario.
When Chernobyl had its meltdown, they weren't pumping up to 400 tons of radioactive waste into an ocean every single day [2].
For the Chernobyl quote, it is nowhere near as high as that.
Witnessing Chernobyl effect on my homeland Belarus, I can never understand people fascination with this place.
When Ukraine stabilizes more, I would highly recommend a trip to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, it is a really cool experience.
I learned all about Chernobyl from the video game Call Of Duty: Modern Warefare.
Also, Chernobyl was one of the reasons Soviet Union collapsed.
I was born in Kharkiv just over a month before the Chernobyl accident.
I've been to Chernobyl in 2013 and while I've read a lot about the disaster in advance, I couldn't grasp the whole dimension.
Not sure if its true, but it made me understand that for a lot of things when it comes to Chernobyl there is not one definite answer.
Quote examples
Chernobyl, Fukushima and many other "smaller" accidents happened.
"Earlier today, the Chernobyl power plant has fulfilled its 5-years plan of thermal energy generation in just 150 milliseconds" Talk about mad swings.
The article indicates that Fukushima was the "world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986" but let's not beat around the bush, by now many of us have come to the conclusion that this is the worst nuclear disaster ever as the distrubing ecosystem collapse [1] currently underway in the Pacific Ocean would seem to confirm.
Proper noun examples
The uncertainty and disputes over nuclear accident consequences (Chernobyl deaths: a few dozen, hundreds, thousands, millions?
Chernobyl and Fukushima are PR disasters way more than they environmental disasters.
So lay off a couple of CT scans and visits to Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Fukushima and you'd be beneath the limit clearly linked to cancer.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use chernobyl in a sentence?
What happened in Chernobyl was a combination of technical failure, failure to follow regulations, bad design and an error cascade.
What does chernobyl mean?
A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.
What part of speech is chernobyl?
chernobyl is commonly used as noun.