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ground zero

From 1946 until September 11, 2001, ground zero was the point directly above, below, or at which a nuclear explosion occurs or the center or origin of rapid, intense, or violent activity or change.

After September 11, 2001, the term, when used with initial capital letters, refers to the ground at the epicenter of the World Trade Center attacks.

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