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atomic

adjective as in tiny

adjective as in nuclear

Strongest match

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Quantum metals are metals where quantum effects -- behaviors that normally only matter at atomic scales -- become powerful enough to control the metal's macroscopic electrical properties.

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Seven months after the invasion began, President Vladimir Putin tried to justify his reckless nuclear threats by alarmingly insisting that the atomic bombings of Japan had established a “precedent.”

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But then, completely unexpectedly months later, America dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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The very next day, in fact, the American newspaper PM, based in New York, ran an article speculating on the catastrophic consequences of an atomic bomb detonating in the heart of that very city.

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"Even though the war was over, the atomic bomb brought invisible terror."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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