NOUN
- the site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed
- the point of detonation (or above or below) of a nuclear weapon
- the target of a projectile (as a bomb or missile)
How To Use ground zero In A Sentence
- The first one I came up with was "molehill mountaineer", a pejorative term to describe the sort of perpetually furious rightwing weevil who spends their life calculatedly conflating issues such as the "Ground Zero mosque" into gigantic media crapgasms. Buzzwords for blowhards
- A broader issue here is why Daisy Khan, self-proclaimed healer and bridge-builder of Ground Zero, is now styling herself as an aggrieved victim. Cashing In On Ground Zero
- Before the 2001 attacks, the term ground zero was most often used to denote the center of a major explosion, often in reference to a nuclear detonation. Some Seeking to Move Past 'Ground Zero'
- The Council of Magic, which governed and guided all good witches and warlocks, made this their ground zero.
- DETROIT - The cleric who became the public face of efforts to build an Islamic center near ground zero in New York began a national speaking tour Saturday night by urging Muslims to help "depoliticize" their faith and play a role in shaping relationships with America. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
- The blast was felt as far as 30 miles from ground zero.
- The continuing flux and change of the British high street is the ground zero of a little social revolution. Times, Sunday Times
- The site had been extensively instrumented weeks before with multiple sensors to measure the blast pressure and its impact on a number of residential and industrial buildings surrounding ground zero.
- It can be as small and personal a ceremony as a backyard commemoration for a much-loved grandparent and as large and inclusive as the dedication of a new park at Ground Zero in New York.
- Others have taken solace from the slow but painstaking progress towards rebuilding the ground zero site. Times, Sunday Times