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noun

physics the nontechnical name for accelerator (def. 2)

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Words nearby atom smasher

atomic weight, atomism, atomization, atomize, atomizer, atom smasher, atom trap, atomy, Aton, atonal, atonalism

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How to use atom smasher in a sentence

"He says he wants you to show him the way the Atom Smasher works," said Parrish.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930|Various
"The Atom Smasher" is a story which I have been hunting for for years.
Astounding Stories, February, 1931|Various
I never dreamed, when we were working on the old Atom Smasher, that he had adapted it to travel in the fourth dimension.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930|Various
Everything depended upon his being able to bring back the Atom Smasher and take Lucille and her father away.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930|Various

I told you that the Atom Smasher could be used to travel through time, and you mocked at me as a dreamer.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930|Various

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atom smasher

See particle accelerator.

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