atom-bomb

[ at-uhm-bom ]

verb (used with object)

1. to bomb (a target) with an atomic bomb.

verb (used without object)

1. to atom-bomb a target.

Word History and Origins

Origin of atom-bomb¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Releasing a new issue was like dropping an atom bomb on the industry.

From The Daily Beast

And those examples are a molecule in the atom bomb of the Internet.

From The Daily Beast

Of course, an atom bomb is about to drop on American Idol: Simon Cowell will leave at the end of this season.

From The Daily Beast

“The most frightening thing in the 1950s was the atom bomb,” film scholar Katherine Orrison explained.

From The Daily Beast

When the back-pack atom bomb was put aboard one of them broke into a marching song, and the others picked it up.

From Project Gutenberg

An atom bomb would destroy aliens and their ship together—and we want the ship.

From Project Gutenberg

If there were mobile carriers of the invasion weapon, then victory could not be had by a single atom bomb fired into Boulder Lake.

From Project Gutenberg

I know about the atom bomb planted somewhere around, and I know I'm talking for my life.

From Project Gutenberg

But since the atom bomb, many scientists had been forced to look at the ethics of their profession.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• atomic bomb
• hydrogen bomb
• neutron bomb
• nuclear warhead