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atomic_bomb
has definitions from the fields of physics,military,nuclear physics,arms
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[ noun ] (physics,military,nuclear physics,arms) a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element (uranium 235 or plutonium 239))
Synonyms Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)We are not now afraid of atomic_bombs in the same way that people once feared comets . (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)If it is possible for an enemy to put an atomic_bomb on a city , it should be equally possible to put a cloud of biological agent over that city . Related terms bomb nuclear_weapon neutron_bomb dirty_bomb clean_bomb plutonium_pit |
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