neutron bomb

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.

Samuel T. Cohen, the inventor of the neutron bomb, died in Los Angeles at age 89.

If we learn anything from this sad passage in our history it should be that rage and contempt are a sort of neutron bomb in the marketplace of ideas, obviating actual competition.

The former New York Times reporter recalled walking around "deserted" Times Square and New York City six months ago, comparing it to "as if a neutron bomb went off."

It is almost as if a neutron bomb has struck, removing in an instant all signs of human life, while leaving buildings, roads and other man-made artefacts perfectly intact.