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Atomic bomb   /ətˈɑmɪk bɑm/   Listen
Atomic bomb

noun
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).  Synonyms: A-bomb, atom bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb.





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"Atomic bomb" Quotes from Famous Books



... they were certainly not reasonable. Was it reasonable to destroy almost all their tremendous civilization in atomic warfare over causes our historians can no longer accurately determine?" The Industrialist brooded over it. "From the dropping of the first atom bomb over those islands—I forget the ancient name—there was only one end in sight, and in plain sight. Yet events were allowed to ...
— Youth • Isaac Asimov


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