atom bomb

[at-uhm-bom] / ˈæt əmˈbɒm /

NOUN

nuclear bomb

Synonyms

STRONGEST

atomic bomb hydrogen bomb neutron bomb nuclear warhead

WEAK

A-bomb H-bomb atomic warhead backpack nuke doomsday machine fission bomb nuclear bomb nuclear weapon nuke plutonium bomb thermonuclear bomb thermonuclear weapon

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Knowing she’ll lose the ability to pick a side cast her back into the fight, and with an atom bomb that the hive mind, by its endlessly giving nature, had to provide.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2025

Did the U.S. destroy Iran’s ability to build an atom bomb, or did the Iranians stash away a lot of their enriched uranium before the attack?

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2025

The core of every nuclear warhead is a hollow, globe-shaped plutonium pit made by engineers at the Energy Department’s lab in Los Alamos, New Mexico, birthplace of the atom bomb.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2023

Warner Bros Japan has apologised after an official Barbie Movie account replied to Barbenheimer memes featuring atom bomb images.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2023

If things work out they hope to establish three atomic research and atom bomb depots on Mars.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

atom bomb

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