Definition of "wind-borne" [wind-borne]

• Carried by the wind: wind-borne ashes. (adjective)

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• "But actions spoke otherwise: Officials evacuated workers from the plant and expanded an exclusion zone around the dying reactors to 30 kilometers, helpfully advising homeowners trapped by wind-borne radioactivity to please keep the windows shut."
• "The museum requested a design that can withstand a 200-year event, such as a direct hit from a category 5 hurricane, with 165 mph sustained winds, and missile impact from wind-borne debris and a 28 foot storm surge."
• "Residents in the communities outside the 20-kilometer safety radius from the Fukushima plant began phased relocations to a designated safe area because of health risks from wind-borne radiation seeping from the plant."