Meanings (ES + gloss)
punto cero • tierra cero • zona cero
Originally, the point on the land or water surface below which a nuclear bomb detonates in the air; now also the point on such a surface at or above the detonation.
It's Christmas at ground zero / The button has been pressed / The radio / Just let us know / That this is not a test
Some of the construction details (reinforcing rod splices, for example) [in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan] were often poor, and much of the concrete was definitely weak; thus some…
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