A-bomb

[ ey-bom ]

noun

1. a variant of atomic bomb.

A-bomb

noun

1. short for atomic bomb

Example Sentences

The daughter of physicists, Sorokko grew up in Arzamas-16, home of the first Soviet A-bomb, a “closed city.”

From The Daily Beast

Against the generals, the president was declaring that the A-bomb was not just another weapon.

From The Daily Beast

"Well, an A-bomb's a pretty complicated piece of mechanism, even if you have the plans for it," Kent Pickering said.

From Project Gutenberg

But your A-bomb at zero minus one second looks as harmless as a fallen log.

From Project Gutenberg

It wasn't exactly an A-bomb, but the spray hit us a half mile away, and the surface wave swamped us.

From Project Gutenberg

They'd go up like an A-bomb two minutes after they threw it on.

From Project Gutenberg

"All right, they could have built an A-bomb," Buhrmann said.

From Project Gutenberg