- a variation of hydrogen bomb.
H-bomb
Example Sentences
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The specter of trauma has long hung over Godzilla, a creature unearthed from slumber by H-bomb testing in the 1954 original.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
There were people who had ethical concerns, but, um, most of the people I've talked to felt pretty strongly in favor of building the H-bomb.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 21, 2022
The opportunity presented itself unexpectedly with the test of H-bomb Bravo in March 1954.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2021
Pacific Command, told the Senate that he is "not convinced" that North Korea detonated an H-bomb, but that its existing nuclear capability represents a global threat nonetheless.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2016
After the Soviet Union’s first reported H-bomb test in August 1953—a relative fizzle known to US intelligence as “Joe-4”—“Ernest said, I think to DuBridge, ‘Well, it’s sure lucky that some people’s advice wasn’t taken.’
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
