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atomic bomb

[ uh-tom-ik bom ]

noun

  1. a bomb whose potency is derived from nuclear fission of atoms of fissionable material with the consequent conversion of part of their mass into energy.
  2. a bomb whose explosive force comes from a chain reaction based on nuclear fission in U-235 or plutonium.


atomic bomb

noun

  1. a type of bomb in which the energy is provided by nuclear fission. Uranium-235 and plutonium-239 are the isotopes most commonly used in atomic bombs Also calledA-bombfission bomb Compare fusion bomb


atomic bomb

  1. A very destructive bomb that derives its explosive power from the fission of atomic nuclei. Atomic bombs usually have plutonium 239 or uranium 235 as their fissionable material.
  2. Also called atom bomb


atomic bomb

1
  1. A bomb that is powered by nuclear fission , and therefore produces a quick release of energy and great destruction.


atomic bomb

2
  1. A nuclear weapon whose enormous explosive power results from the sudden release of energy from a fission reaction. ( See also Hiroshima (see also Hiroshima ), hydrogen bomb , Nagasaki , and Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [ SALT ].)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of atomic bomb1

First recorded in 1910–15

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Example Sentences

Although in that film, the briefcase contained an atomic bomb.

“A person like Superman basically carries around a personal atomic bomb and he hides among us,” he says.

“Zohydro is an atomic bomb in a pill,” Sherrie Rubin from the FED Up!

Finally there was the atomic bomb (and the Cold War it created): machine threatened to annihilate all of mankind.

Fat Boy, like the atomic bomb, is both a miracle of human ingenuity and a force of annihilation.

That was a Government town, a hundred miles southwest of here, where they made some of the stuff to put in Atomic Bomb.

Look, you know how an atomic pile works—essentially just like an atomic bomb.

This goes on faster and faster and bam, a few milliseconds later you have an atomic bomb.

His faith in that Power was as certain as the modern faith in the power of the atomic bomb.

It drew up fifty miles, pointed its tail and blasted forth a rocket-driven, tactical atomic bomb.

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