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- adverb Using a
radioactive substance - adverb Concerning
radioactivity
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- adverb in a radioactive manner
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Examples
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Because uranium radioactively decays into lead over millions of years, the process acts as an atomic clock.
Geologist claims a few dinosaurs survived extinction event Brian Vastag 2011
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If these nutrients were eaten by Martian bacteria or other life forms, the gases they would inevitably release as waste would also be radioactively labeled and would be detected by an installed radiation counter.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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The war is radioactively unpopular, with only around 35% of Americans still supporting it, and bringing the troops home ranks as one of their biggest political priorities, second only to the economy.
Josh Mull: Axis of Agreement Watch: Joe Klein's "Lucky" Strategy Josh Mull 2011
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Because uranium radioactively decays into lead over millions of years, the process acts as an atomic clock.
Geologist claims a few dinosaurs survived extinction event Brian Vastag 2011
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The war is radioactively unpopular, with only around 35% of Americans still supporting it, and bringing the troops home ranks as one of their biggest political priorities, second only to the economy.
Josh Mull: Axis of Agreement Watch: Joe Klein's "Lucky" Strategy Josh Mull 2011
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Japan lifted its ban on beef shipments, saying a system to identify radioactively tainted meat is in place.
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Plus, Brearley is a psychoanalyst these days, and I don't think any of us could overstate the potential benefits of such a figure being admitted to the radioactively dysfunctional England setup.
Cowell can find man to captain England – if Anfield cat lacks X Factor | Marina Hyde 2012
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Concern over radioactively contaminated marine products casts a further pall over Japan's struggling fishing industry.
Tiny Fish Spur Widening Worry Juro Osawa 2011
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If these nutrients were eaten by Martian bacteria or other life forms, the gases they would inevitably release as waste would also be radioactively labeled and would be detected by an installed radiation counter.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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Jakov Kalynik, a firefighter at Parishev station, about nine miles from the ruined plant, said: I know when I am fighting a fire on radioactively contaminated ground – you get the heat just like an ordinary fire, but you get a tingling sensation too, like pins jumping all over your body.
Forest fires around Chernobyl could release radiation, scientists warn 2011
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