neutron bomb
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It was enough to earn him the nickname he hated but could never shake: “Neutron Jack,” a reference to the neutron bomb, which purportedly kills people while leaving buildings intact.
From New York Times • May 21, 2022
Samuel T. Cohen, the inventor of the neutron bomb, died in Los Angeles at age 89.
From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2020
“Neutron Jack,” like the neutron bomb, eliminated people but left the buildings intact.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2018
Rapier exchanged for fake pistol and neutron bomb respectively.
From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2015
But—the day that neutron bomb was accidentally fired and started the rash of Psi mutations in the ring outside the fatal area centering on Logan, your parents were in a jet airliner.
From Modus Vivendi by Berryman, John
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
