atomic bomb
noun
1
: a bomb whose violent explosive power is due to the sudden release of energy resulting from the splitting of nuclei of a heavy chemical element (such as plutonium or uranium) by neutrons in a very rapid chain reaction
called also atom bomb
2
: a nuclear weapon (such as a hydrogen bomb)
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On a visit to Nagasaki and Hiroshima, where the world's first atomic bombs were dropped, killing tens of thousands, his message was unequivocal: nuclear weapons are immoral.
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Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
In 1994, controversy again erupted, this time at the National Air and Space Museum over a forthcoming exhibition centered on the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima 50 years prior.
—Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
The Laffey got patched up and went on to be part of the atomic bomb tests.
—Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
What leak led to the eventual Supreme Court case?
Watergate
Theft of atomic bomb information
Documents concerning then-Vice President Spiro Agnew
The Pentagon Papers
Deep Throat, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s secret informant during Watergate, was revealed to be Mark Felt decades later.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025
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Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
In 1994, controversy again erupted, this time at the National Air and Space Museum over a forthcoming exhibition centered on the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima 50 years prior.
—Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
The Laffey got patched up and went on to be part of the atomic bomb tests.
—Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
What leak led to the eventual Supreme Court case?
Watergate
Theft of atomic bomb information
Documents concerning then-Vice President Spiro Agnew
The Pentagon Papers
Deep Throat, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s secret informant during Watergate, was revealed to be Mark Felt decades later.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for atomic bomb
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“Atomic bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atomic%20bomb. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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