Definitions for A-BOMBˈeɪˌbɒm

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

A-bombˈeɪˌbɒm(n.)

  1. Category: Military

    Ref: atomic bomb.

Origin of A-bomb:

1945

Princeton's WordNet

  1. atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb(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)

Wiktionary

  1. A-bomb(Noun)

    An atomic bomb; a weapon that derives its energy from nuclear reactions and has enormous destructive power. Explosion caused by splitting an atom.

  2. A-bomb(Verb)

    Atom-bomb; to bomb with an atom-bomb.

  3. Origin: Shortened form of atomic bomb.


Translations for A-BOMB

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

A-bomb(noun)

an atomic bomb.

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