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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atomic bomb::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | a-bomb, atom bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb |
| Type of | bomb, atomic weapon, nuclear weapon |
| Has types | neutron bomb, clean bomb, dirty bomb |
Examples of atomic bomb
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The atomic bomb and the space shuttle had the government as their only customer.
From the economist.com
Is it better to drop an atomic bomb on a city than to kill a handful of persons?
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Who else would have compared a failed buyout to an atomic bomb dropped on Japan?
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Words cannot do justice to the awe and the horror of the first atomic bomb test.
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Three orphaned brothers in the aftermath of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima.
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The atomic bomb was of course the war's most revolutionary scientific invention.
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Later pilot of the B-29 Enola Gay, dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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She'd also been opposed to the war and to the decision to drop the atomic bomb.
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The process can be used both to make nuclear fuel and the core of an atomic bomb.
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