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atomic bomb Definition

☆ atomic bomb

noun

an extremely destructive type of bomb, the power of which results from the immense quantity of energy suddenly released when a very rapid chain reaction of nuclear fission is set off by neutron bombardment in the atoms of a charge of plutonium (primarily Pu-239) or uranium (U-235): first used in warfare (1945) by the United States against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

atomic bomb Synonyms

atomic bomb

n.

atom bomb, A-bomb, nuclear weapon; see nuclear bomb.

atomic bomb Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • drop: Only three days later, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
  • build: The second is Iran's efforts to assemble the capability to build an atomic bomb.
  • develop: It was the invasion of Poland that made Joseph Rotblat suggest to James Chadwick that they should start work on developing an atomic bomb.
  • produce: Further advances in warfare were to see Carbide collaborate in the Manhattan project to produce the first atomic bomb 25 years later.
  • make: The answer to the question has much to do with the question of why the Germans never tried to make an atomic bomb.

Adjective modifier

  • first: The play is set in June 1945, a month before the testing of the first atomic bomb.
  • second: Only three days later, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki.