atomic bomb
noun
1
: a bomb whose violent explosive power is due to the sudden release of energy resulting from the splitting of nuclei of a heavy chemical element (such as plutonium or uranium) by neutrons in a very rapid chain reaction
called also atom bomb
2
: a nuclear weapon (such as a hydrogen bomb)
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Just a few weeks later, on August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb used in warfare detonated approximately 580 meters above Hiroshima — a city of 350,000 located on the coastal plain of the Chugoku region in western Honshu, Japan.
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David Bressan, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
In 1945: The Manhattan Project successfully detonated the world’s first atomic bomb at Alamogordo, New Mexico.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
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Read: Eighty years ago today, the first atomic bomb was tested near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
From the beginning of the Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb, Britain along with Canada was a close partner of the United States.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
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David Bressan, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
In 1945: The Manhattan Project successfully detonated the world’s first atomic bomb at Alamogordo, New Mexico.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
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Justin Bieber’s Messy, Improbable Masterpiece
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Read: Eighty years ago today, the first atomic bomb was tested near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
From the beginning of the Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb, Britain along with Canada was a close partner of the United States.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for atomic bomb
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“Atomic bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/atomic%20bomb. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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