1. the target of a projectile (as a bomb or missile);
2. the site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed;
3. the point of detonation (or above or below) of a nuclear weapon;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ground zero
n 1: the target of a projectile (as a bomb or missile)
2: the site of the World Trade Center before it was destroyed
3: the point of detonation (or above or below) of a nuclear
weapon