atom bomb

[at-uhm-bom] / ˈæt əmˈbɒm /

NOUN

nuclear bomb

Synonyms

STRONGEST

atomic bomb hydrogen bomb neutron bomb nuclear warhead

WEAK

A-bomb H-bomb atomic warhead backpack nuke doomsday machine fission bomb nuclear bomb nuclear weapon nuke plutonium bomb thermonuclear bomb thermonuclear weapon

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Knowing she’ll lose the ability to pick a side cast her back into the fight, and with an atom bomb that the hive mind, by its endlessly giving nature, had to provide.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2025

That was the joint U.S.–Israeli cyberwar operation that hacked into the Iranians’ nuclear infrastructure, sabotaging their ability to enrich uranium and thus build an atom bomb.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2024

The core of every nuclear warhead is a hollow, globe-shaped plutonium pit made by engineers at the Energy Department’s lab in Los Alamos, New Mexico, birthplace of the atom bomb.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2023

Warner Bros Japan has apologised after an official Barbie Movie account replied to Barbenheimer memes featuring atom bomb images.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2023

Part of this hospital was especially for those with the atom bomb sickness.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

atom bomb

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