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A-bomb

American  
[ey-bom] / ˈeɪˌbɒm /

noun

  1. a variant of atomic bomb.


A-bomb British  

noun

  1. short for atomic bomb

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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After news of the attack, Satoshi’s mother rushed to Hiroshima to search for her family, who lived half a mile from the hypocenter, where the A-bomb exploded.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2023

Daniel Sneider, a lecturer in East Asian studies at Stanford University, told me on Wednesday that, in recent interviews with officials and senior advisers in Seoul, nobody seriously advocated a South Korean A-bomb.

From Slate Apr. 27, 2023

He was especially influenced by Dr. Fumio Shigeto, director of a Hiroshina A-bomb hospital and a survivor himself, who had become one of the first to understand radiation sickness.

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2023

His story, like that of many American A-bomb survivors, is seldom part of the popular literature surrounding Hiroshima.

From Washington Post Aug. 4, 2020

Thanks to Oppie, he snapped, “we have an A-bomb . . . and what more do you want, mermaids?”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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