dirty bomb

English

Noun

dirty bomb (plural dirty bombs)

A device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material, designed to spread radiation over a wide area.
A nuclear bomb that spreads radiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or design.

Synonyms

(device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material): Radiological Dispersal Device, RDD, radiological bomb
(nuclear bomb that spreads radiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or design): cobalt bomb, salted bomb

Antonyms

(nuclear bomb that spreads radiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or design): clean bomb

Hypernyms

(nuclear bomb that spreads radiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or design): nuclear bomb

Translations

device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material

Danish: beskidt bombe c
Finnish: likainen pommi
German: schmutzige Bombe f

Russian: гря́зная бо́мба f (grjáznaja bómba)
Spanish: bomba sucia f
Swedish: radioaktiv bomb, smutsig bomb

nuclear bomb that speads radiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or design

Danish: beskidt bombe c
Finnish: likainen pommi

Russian: гря́зная бо́мба f (grjáznaja bómba)
Swedish: smutsig bomb

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