Ground Zero en · PROPN
Etymology
From the general term ground zero.
Meanings
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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.
2010, George W. Bush, Decision Points, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 148:
Translations (4)
de Ground Zero (site of former World Trade Center) · pl Ground Zero (site of former World Trade Center) · eo Nultero (site of former World Trade Center) · es sitio del ex Centro Mundial Mercantil (site of former World Trade Center)