A-bomb (n.)

  1. 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)

    [ Syn: atom bomb , atom bomb , atomic bomb , atomic bomb , a-bomb , a-bomb , fission bomb , fission bomb , plutonium bomb , plutonium bomb ]

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