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atomic bomb

[uh-tom-ik bom] / əˈtɒm ɪk ˌbɒm /
NOUN
nuclear bomb
Synonyms
STRONGEST
atom bomb hydrogen bomb neutron bomb nuclear warhead
WEAK
A-bomb H-bomb atomic warhead fission bomb nuke plutonium bomb thermonuclear bomb

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Ms. Gage deals with it by visiting the remnants of a Japanese internment camp at Manzanar, Calif., and the research facility in Los Alamos, N.M., where U.S. government scientists built the atomic bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

One of them in Nagasaki survived the 1945 atomic bomb blast and is still in working order, 117 years after it was fabricated and shipped from Scotland.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

For his latest film, the quest for goosebumps took him to the frontier of AI as he followed researchers on an expedition they liken to the discovery of fire and electricity—or the atomic bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

The specter of Nazism has always loomed large over the atomic bomb.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2025

The bottom line: Oppenheimer now had to figure out a whole new design for an atomic bomb.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin