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In this process, magnetic field lines break and reassemble, leading to magnetic energy being converted into heat, radiation, and eruptions of plasma.

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He was soon diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia and underwent chemotherapy and radiation.

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It is not yet clear how much damage was done to the facilities, though the UN's nuclear watchdog says there had been "no increase" in off-site radiation levels reported.

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Scientists in the 1950s discovered a technique that uses radiation to sterilize male parasitic flies.

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He had that indefinable, invisible glow that changes the atmosphere and draws people in, like a sub-lethal dose of radiation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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