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hydrogen bomb

noun as in nuclear bomb

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At that point President Truman ordered the development of the even more powerful hydrogen bomb.

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It has been deployed also by the military for mine detection, to search for lost submarines and, in one highly publicized case, to search for a hydrogen bomb lost at sea.

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He could see why a hydrogen bomb’s power would be virtually unlimited.

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And Truman did not shrink from building the hydrogen bomb, saying “we have got to have it if only for bargaining purposes with the Russians.”

Teller’s explanation was likely self-serving given his later acrimonious rift with Oppenheimer over the hydrogen bomb.

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

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