nuclear bomb
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nuclear bomb — n a very powerful bomb that uses ↑nuclear energy to kill a lot of people and destroy large areas … Dictionary of contemporary English
nuclear bomb — n. an atomic bomb or a hydrogen bomb … English World dictionary
nuclear bomb — noun : atom bomb 2 * * * nuclear bomb, = atomic bomb. (Cf. ↑atomic bomb) … Useful english dictionary
nuclear bomb — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. nuclear armament, nuclear warhead, nuclear device, hydrogen bomb, H bomb, atomic bomb, A bomb, neutron bomb, cobalt bomb, C bomb, atomic weapon, nuclear weapon, thermonuclear device, thermonuclear weapon; see also arms 1 .… … English dictionary for students
nuclear bomb — noun A nuclear weapon Syn: A bomb, atom bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb, nuke … Wiktionary
nuclear bomb — destructive bomb that is based upon the energy that is released from the splitting of plutonium or uranium atoms … English contemporary dictionary
nuclear bomb — /njukliə ˈbɒm/ (say nyoohkleeuh bom) noun → atomic bomb …
Thin Man (nuclear bomb) — Thin Man plutonium gun test casings at Wendover Army Air Field, as part of Project Alberta in the Manhattan Project. In the background, casing designs for Fat Man bombs can be seen as well. The Thin Man (formally, Mark 2) nuclear bomb was a… … Wikipedia
Thin Man nuclear bomb — The Thin Man (formally, Mark 2) nuclear bomb was a proposed plutonium gun type nuclear bomb which the United States was developing during the Manhattan Project. Its development was aborted when it was discovered that the spontaneous fission rate… … Wikipedia
Mark 13 nuclear bomb — The Mark 13 nuclear bomb and its variant, the W 13 nuclear warhead, were experimental nuclear weapons developed by the United States from 1951 to 1954. The Mark 13 design was based on the earlier Mark 6 nuclear bomb design, which was in turn… … Wikipedia
