English

An early generation gravity bomb.

A mushroom cloud characteristic of an atomic bomb detonation.

Noun

atomic bomb ‎(plural atomic bombs)

1. A nuclear weapon that obtains its destructive energy from nuclear fission
   • 1914, Wells, Herbert George, The World Set Free:

     The gaunt face hardened to grimness, and with both hands the bomb-thrower lifted the big atomic bomb from the box and steadied it against the side.

Synonyms

• atom bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb

Hypernyms

• nuclear weapon, nuke, superbomb
• weapon of mass destruction, WMD

Coordinate terms

• hydrogen bomb, H-bomb
• neutron bomb

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