Definitions
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- noun always, capitalized An
atomic bomb ; a weapon that derives its energy fromnuclear reactions and has enormous destructive power. - verb always, capitalized Atom-bomb; to bomb with an atom-bomb.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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)
Etymologies
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Examples
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That junk theory about Braid being about the A-bomb is still going around?
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Confusing game endings explained 2009
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The site of the world's first A-bomb attack observed a moment of silence at 8:15 a.m.
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- Ever wondered what would happen if an invading power suddenly attacked the gorgeous, summer-green mountains of Appalachia with massive bombs that together equaled the explosive power of the Hiroshima A-bomb, each and every week?
Don Soeken: As U.S. Energy Companies Blow-Up Appalachian Mountaintops, the Nation's Lawmakers Yawn With Indifference Don Soeken 2011
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At Hiroshima Stadium, for decades, you got the A-bomb Dome over your shoulder.
Greg Mitchell: Baseball at Ground Zero: Ghosts in the Outfield at Killing Field Greg Mitchell 2011
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- Ever wondered what would happen if an invading power suddenly attacked the gorgeous, summer-green mountains of Appalachia with massive bombs that together equaled the explosive power of the Hiroshima A-bomb, each and every week?
Don Soeken: As U.S. Energy Companies Blow-Up Appalachian Mountaintops, the Nation's Lawmakers Yawn With Indifference Don Soeken 2011
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- Ever wondered what would happen if an invading power suddenly attacked the gorgeous, summer-green mountains of Appalachia with massive bombs that together equaled the explosive power of the Hiroshima A-bomb, each and every week?
Don Soeken: As U.S. Energy Companies Blow-Up Appalachian Mountaintops, the Nation's Lawmakers Yawn With Indifference Don Soeken 2011
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Yet in some ways, Nagasaki is the modern A-bomb city.
Greg Mitchell: Press Censorship: Famous War Reporter's Historic Scoop Spiked -- for 60 Years Greg Mitchell 2011
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This leads him to the children of Dr. Felix Hoenikker, one of the inventors of the A-bomb who, as it turns out, later created ice-nine, a substance capable of freezing the entire world.
Greg Mitchell: Writers and The Bomb: Novel Takes on the Nuclear Age Greg Mitchell 2011
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Yet in some ways, Nagasaki is the modern A-bomb city.
Greg Mitchell: Press Censorship: Famous War Reporter's Historic Scoop Spiked -- for 60 Years Greg Mitchell 2011
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Fat Man was the A-bomb that hit Nagasaki exdem_from_miami
Gov. Chris Christie (R, NJ) plants one right between the eyes. | RedState 2010
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