atomic bomb
English
Etymology
Coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in his 1914 novel The World Set Free.
Noun
atomic bomb (plural atomic bombs)
- A nuclear weapon that obtains its destructive energy from nuclear fission.
- 1914, Wells, Herbert George, The World Set Free:
- The gaunt face hardened to grimness, and with both hands the bomb-thrower lifted the big atomic bomb from the box and steadied it against the side.
- Synonyms: atom bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb
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Hypernyms
Translations
nuclear weapon
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