Ground Zero

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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”

2. isim The location of any disaster or violent assault.

   “"This is ground zero," she said. "If regulators don't adopt a zero tolerance for violations of standards then what we will have are places that are going to have unacceptable environmental damage."”

3. isim The point at which something begins.

   “James Meredith's forced admission was a milestone in upending the old order in America's most segregated state, a kind of race relations ground zero.”

4. özel isim The site of the former World Trade Center towers in New York City destroyed on 11 September 2001.

   “As we approached Ground Zero, I felt like I was entering a nightmare. There was little light. Smoke hung in the air and mixed with suspended particles of debris, creating an eerie gray curtain. We sloshed through puddles left behind by the morning rain and the water used to fight the fires.”