radiation poisoning

collocation in English

meaningsofradiationandpoisoning

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radiation
noun[U]
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/ˌreɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌreɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/
a form of energy that comes from a nuclear reaction and that can be very dangerous ...
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poisoning
noun[U]
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/ˈpɔɪ.zən.ɪŋ/us
/ˈpɔɪ.zən.ɪŋ/
an illness caused by eating, drinking, or breathing a ...
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President, our hearts go out to the two radiation workers who were subjected to intenseradiationpoisoning and to the 300,000 people who were in terror as radiation levels skyrocketed.
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Amongst these, 15 to 20% died from injuries or illness attributed toradiationpoisoning.
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Minx makes it to an escape pod, but escape pods are not enough to preventradiationpoisoning.
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Goldbug next appeared undergoing treatments for hisradiationpoisoning.
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Like a number of other physicians in the early days of radiology, he died from the consequences ofradiationpoisoning.
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These workers remained on-site despite risks ofradiationpoisoning.
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Both awaken in the infirmary, where the doctors reveal they will die within hours ofradiationpoisoning.
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The remaining populace live in cluttered, decaying cities in whichradiationpoisoningsickens them and damages their genes.
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The letter describes how she became sick and succumbed to a mysterious illness, later revealed to beradiationpoisoning.
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Each incident resulted in the acuteradiationpoisoningand subsequent death of a scientist.
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She was the first person in the world whose death was officially certified to be a result ofradiationpoisoning.
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After most of them died ofradiationpoisoning, they were replaced by local villagers, who did not know what they were mining.
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The inhabitants suffer from extremeradiationpoisoningand degenerate into mindless creatures.
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The radiation can cause genetic mutation,radiationpoisoning, and death.
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It is controversial for its claims, amongst other things, thatradiationpoisoningand even cancer can be cured by courses of vitamins.
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When sheep started dying en masse downwind from the nuclear test sites, it was members of his lab that identified the cause asradiationpoisoning.
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Suffering from acuteradiationpoisoning, he has only days to live.
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She spends the day exhausted, however, and the next day becomes bedridden from the long-term effects ofradiationpoisoning.
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