atom-splitting

Example Sentences

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In short: I’m not one of those knife geeks for whom nothing less than an atom-splitting edge is acceptable.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2018

Scientists had promised that atom-splitting would be benign; why trust them in space?

From Economist • Jul. 31, 2014

But it was her role as Cleopatra that ignited a new global gossip industry with almost atom-splitting power.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2011

In the U.S., where scientists assumed that the Germans were following up his atom-splitting success, the race was on to achieve fission on a more Promethean scale.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gesture is startling, atom-splitting, because it’s so unexpected, so tender.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson