It may be better to consider the effects of a large scale exchange of weapons which is ....1.... in the context of current nuclear ....2.... . With in a millionth of a second after a nuclear weapon is ...3... , enough energy is released to heat the surrounding air to tons of millions of degrees Celsius , forming a hot ...4... bubble of gases or a fireball . There is also a very intense ...5... pulse which appears as a ...6... flash of light lasting for a few seconds . As the fireball rises , it spreads out to form the ...7... mushrooms cloud and its ...8... creates strong ...9... at the ground level . This updraft containing dust , smoke and radioactivity created by the ...10... forms the stem of the mushroom cloud .
1 . Praise worthy , Specious , plausible , possible .
2 . Stockpiles , Hoards , Storage , Inventories .
3 . Struck , sparked , detonated , burnt .
4 . Light , buoyant , scalding , cheerful .
5 . Hot , warm , Boiling , Thermal .
6 . Streaking , Brilliant , bright , Illuminant .
7 . Peculiar , strange , distinctive , overpowering .
8 . Ascent , Increase , growth , expansion .
9 . Friction , suction , absorption , engulfing .
10 . Mass , explosion , agitations , gases .
