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dirty bomb

(Military) Informal a bomb made from nuclear waste combined with conventional explosives that is capable of spreading radioactive material over a very wide area

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dirty bomb - an atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contamination

A-bomb, atom bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb - a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)

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dirty bomb (redirected from Dirty nuke)

dirty bomb
(redirected from Dirty nuke)