H-bomb
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The specter of trauma has long hung over Godzilla, a creature unearthed from slumber by H-bomb testing in the 1954 original.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024
Lawrence knew that the physics community overwhelmingly supported Oppenheimer, and that Berkeley had become the center of anti-Oppenheimer sentiment, in part because of the conflict over the H-bomb program.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2023
There were people who had ethical concerns, but, um, most of the people I've talked to felt pretty strongly in favor of building the H-bomb.
From Scientific American • Apr. 21, 2022
The opportunity presented itself unexpectedly with the test of H-bomb Bravo in March 1954.
From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2021
By lucidly describing the process that produced an H-bomb blast, Lapp showed that a clean bomb was a fantasy.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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