Definition of Atom bomb

1. Noun. 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).


Definition of Atom bomb

1. Noun. (alternative form of atomic bomb) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Atom Bomb

atocias
atocs
atok
atokal
atokes
atokite
atoks
atole
atoll
atoll fruit dove
atolls
atom-bomb
atom bomb (current term)
atom bombs
atom physics
atom smasher
atom smashers
atomate
atomic
atomic-number
atomic-weight
atomic absorption spectrophotometry
atomic authorization
atomic batteries
atomic battery
atomic bomb
atomic bombs

Literary usage of Atom bomb

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Candlelight by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"HOW TO STEAL AN atom bomb Did you stop worrying about nuclear obliteration when the cold war ended? Sta# again. To make an atomic bomb, a terrorist or a ..."

2. Chinese Views of Future Warfare by Michael Pillsbury (1997)
"On October 16,1964, our first atom bomb exploded successfully; • on October 27,1966, we succeeded on our nuclear missile trial test; on June 17, 1967, ..."

3. Henry Adams and His World by David R. Contosta, Robert Muccigrosso (1993)
"In September 1939 Alexander Sachs, a New York banker, convinced Franklin Roosevelt to go ahead with Einstein's proposal to build an atom bomb with the ..."

4. The Cold War in Asia by Cold War International History Project (1996)
"... otchet vremeni" [The atom bomb: How the Countdown Began], Krasnaia Zvezda, 20 August 1994, 7. ..."

5. Pakistan: A Country Study edited by Peter R. Blood (1996)
"He stated, "If India dares to attack Azad Kashmir, it will have to face the Pakistani atom bomb. I declare that Pakistan is in possession of an atom bomb. ..."

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