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noun

a veteran of the armed forces who was exposed to radioactivity during the testing or use of nuclear (atomic) weapons in World War II or subsequent wars.

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How to use atomic veteran in a sentence

Jones is a veteran of another beloved-yet-controversial animated series on Adult Swim, The Boondocks.
‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical|Stereo Williams|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Following this line of reasoning to its logical conclusion, the way to achieve world peace is to give everyone atomic bombs.
Santa Fails One More Time|P. J. O’Rourke|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The veteran, said he met Stone at support group Vets for Veterans.
Hunt for Iraq Vet After Killing Spree|M.L. Nestel|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Among the scores of bystanders watching their small town turn into war zone was a Marine veteran who was close with Stone.
Hunt for Iraq Vet After Killing Spree|M.L. Nestel|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Veteran player Wiig continued without skipping a beat, but the damage was done.
The Curious Little Shell That Restarted Jenny Slate’s Career|Luke Hopping|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To-morrow—a crippled veteran, and after that a pensioner drifting fast into a garrulous dotage.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
That some of them would have raised a smile on the features of the veteran Cremonese, we may be quite sure.
Antonio Stradivari|Horace William Petherick
Col. Moore, a veteran politician of the Old Dominion, was a most pleasant and affable gentleman, and a great lisper withal.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
We only know that under certain conditions the old atomic associations break up, and new ones are formed.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
Cards of invitation from the most distinguished personages rained down upon the fortunate veteran in profusion.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3)|Charles James Wills