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hydrogen bomb

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A thermonuclear bomb that derives its destructive power from the fusion of isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: H-bomb, fusion bomb, thermonuclear bomb

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bomb, nuclear weapon, atomic weapon

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ջրածնային ռումբ (ǰracnayin ṙumb) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Bulgarian: водородна бомба (vodorodna bomba) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Burmese: ဟိုက်ဒရိုဂျင်ဗုံး (huikda.ruigyangbum:) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Catalan: bomba d'hidrogen — thermonuclear bomb
  • Chinese Cantonese: 氫彈 /氢弹 — thermonuclear bomb
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氫彈 /氢弹 (qīngdàn) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Danish: brintbombe — thermonuclear bomb
  • Dutch: waterstofbom — thermonuclear bomb
  • Finnish: vetypommi — thermonuclear bomb
  • French: bombe à hydrogène — thermonuclear bomb
  • Galician: bomba de hidróxeno — thermonuclear bomb
  • Georgian: წყალბადის ბომბი (c̣q̇albadis bombi) — thermonuclear bomb
  • German: Wasserstoffbombe — thermonuclear bomb
  • Greek: βόμβα υδρογόνου (vómva ydrogónou) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Hebrew: פצצת מימן (pitsetsát memán) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Hindi: उदजन गोला (udjan golā) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Hungarian: hidrogénbomba — thermonuclear bomb
  • Irish: buama hidrigine — thermonuclear bomb
  • Italian: bomba all'idrogeno — thermonuclear bomb
  • Italian: bomba H — thermonuclear bomb
  • Japanese: 水素爆弾 (suiso bakudan) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Japanese: 水爆 (suibaku) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Kannada: ಜಲಜನಕ ಬಾಂಬು (jalajanaka bāmbu) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Kazakh: сутек бомбасы (sutek bombasy) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Khmer: គ្រាប់បែកជលូស្ម័ន (kruab baek jol loo sman) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Khmer: គ្រាប់បែកអ៊ីដ្រូសែន (krŏəp baek ʼiidrousaen) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Korean: 수소폭탄 (susopoktan) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Korean: 수소탄 (susotan) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Korean: 에이치봄 (eichibom) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Korean: 헬륨탄 (hellyumtan) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Korean: 수폭 (supok) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Latvian: ūdeņraža bumba — thermonuclear bomb
  • Macedonian: хидроге́нска бо́мба (hidrogénska bómba) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Malay: bom hidrogen — thermonuclear bomb
  • Mongolian: устөрөгчийн бөмбөг (ustörögčiin bömbög) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Polish: ładunek termojądrowy — thermonuclear bomb
  • Polish: ładunek wodorowy — thermonuclear bomb
  • Brazilian Portuguese: bomba de hidrogênio — thermonuclear bomb
  • European Portuguese: bomba de hidrogénio — thermonuclear bomb
  • Romanian: bombă cu hidrogen — thermonuclear bomb
  • Russian: водоро́дная бо́мба (vodoródnaja bómba) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Spanish: bomba de hidrógeno — thermonuclear bomb
  • Swedish: vätebomb — thermonuclear bomb
  • Swedish: vätgasbomb — thermonuclear bomb
  • Thai: ระเบิดไฮโดรเจน — thermonuclear bomb
  • Tibetan: ཡང་རླུང་འབོམ (yang rlung 'bom) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Tibetan: ཆིང་ཏན (ching tan) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Turkish: hidrojen bombası — thermonuclear bomb
  • Ukrainian: термоя́дерна бо́мба (termojáderna bómba) — thermonuclear bomb
  • Ukrainian: водне́ва бо́мба (vodnéva bómba) — thermonuclear bomb