a-bomb

POS

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun a-bomb has 1 sense

a-bomb(n = noun.artifact) atom bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb - 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); Array

is a kind of bomb, atomic weapon, nuclear weapon

has particulars: clean bomb, dirty bomb, neutron bomb

has parts: plutonium pit, plutonium trigger

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

a-bomb, n. = atomic bomb.

Etymology

A (for ATOMIC) + BOMB

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THESAURUS

a-bomb

H-bomb, atomic bomb, atomic warhead, clean bomb, cobalt bomb, dirty bomb, fusion bomb, hell bomb, hydrogen bomb, limited nuclear weapons, nuclear artillery, nuclear explosive, nuclear warhead, plutonium bomb, superbomb, tactical nuclear weapons, thermonuclear bomb, thermonuclear warhead