nuclear bomb
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In 2006, North Korea conducted its first nuclear bomb test.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
“This town was Mayberry by the sea. I always called it like living inside a Norman Rockwell picture, and then a nuclear bomb hit,” he said, in remarks Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
"It would have the impact of a nuclear bomb on North Korean society."
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
I don’t think they fully grasp how severe even one nuclear bomb being dropped would be.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
The rather chimerical notion of a nuclear bomb without radioactive side effects had emerged in late 1954 and had been embraced by Livermore, where it fit nicely with the lab’s brief to explore new ideas.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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