chernobyl

/CH ER0 N OW1 B AH0 L/
noun
  1. 1

    (by extension) The 1986 nuclear accident which resulted in the abandonment of the aforementioned city.

  2. 2

    A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster.

  3. 3

    (by extension) A major nuclear-energy accident.