Colloquial Variant guide
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noun
Abbreviation of atomic bomb; a weapon that derives its energy from nuclear reactions and has enormous destructive power; in particular, those that rely on the uncontrolled explosive chain reaction of nuclear fission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, slang
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Synonyms: atom bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nuclear bomb, nuke
verb
To bomb with an atom bomb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: atom bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bomb, nuclear weapon, atomic weapon
Narrower terms: clean bomb, dirty bomb, neutron bomb
History
Shortened form of atomic bomb.
Across languages
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
