Sentences with phrase «uncontrolled spread»

Perhaps the most definitive warning voice about the uncontrolled spread of nuclear energy was Ted Taylor; the book by John McPhee entitled «The Curve of Binding Energy» should be required reading for every nuclear enthusiast.

The uncontrolled spread of the disease from a localized point of entry to the entire body demonstrates clearly that the immune system was unable to contain the infection right from the beginning.

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The 47 - story office building caught fire after debris from WTC 1 fell on it, and the flames spread uncontrolled because its sprinklers also did not work — city water lines were damaged in the destruction of the Twin Towers.

As nuclear technology spread beyond the major superpowers, this potential application led to worries over uncontrolled proliferation of atomic weapons to other states or even to terrorist groups.

«By contrast, the initial outbreak in Guinea remained undetected for several weeks, facilitating the spread of the virus to Sierra Leone and Liberia where the inability to track and contain infectious individuals compounded the situation and resulted in an uncontrolled epidemic.»

In Indonesia, illegal slash - and - burn fires used to clear land are spreading uncontrolled, stoked by the dry, hot conditions.

Cancer information and prevention with ellagic acid Cancer: a malignant neoplastic disease -(any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream).

Cancer is essentially an uncontrolled division of cells which then spread into surrounding tissues.