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

"The amount of heat we have put in the world's oceans in the past 25 years equals to 3.6 billion Hiroshima atom-bomb explosions," said Cheng Lijing, the study's lead author in a statement.

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A story of Cambridge spies, atom-bomb secrets and a passionate affair between a demure Brit and a dashing Commie should steam up the screen and pop your popcorn.

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Some of the first non-natural elements were discovered in radioactive debris from the fallout of atom-bomb tests; others were made in particle accelerators.

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This is an absorbing character study of Moe Berg, a one-time Boston Red Sox catcher who was sent by the U.S. government to assassinate a top German scientist working on Hitler’s secret atom-bomb project.

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The viewer is confronted with scenes of slaves in chains, packed together below deck; a polar bear shot to death; a whale sliced open for blubber, bleeding; icecaps melting; seaborne atom-bomb tests.

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Related Words

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