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atom bomb

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atom bomb
n.
1. An explosive weapon of great destructive power derived from the rapid release of energy in the fission of heavy atomic nuclei, as of uranium 235. Also called A-bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb.
2. A bomb deriving its destructive power from the release of nuclear energy.
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Noun1.atom bombatom 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)
bomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
clean bomb - an atom bomb leaving little or no radioactive contamination
dirty bomb - an atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contamination
neutron bomb - atom bomb that produces lethal neutrons with less blast
atomic weapon, nuclear weapon - a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction
plutonium pit, plutonium trigger - a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
Translations
atom bomb
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If these knuckle-heads had the atom bomb (as does Israel) do you honestly believe they would hesitate using it to wipe Israel off the face of the earth?
amp;ldquo;We’ve done everything we know short of the atom bomb to kill [red rice].
Cushman (Catherine, Called Birdy; Rodzina) sets her newest historical novel in Los Angeles in 1949, during the first wave of anti=Communist fever and concerns about the atom bomb.
 
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