nuclear bomb

British  

noun

1. a bomb whose force is due to uncontrolled nuclear fusion or nuclear fission

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Example Sentences

Artifacts from the birth of the nuclear age are also featured, including items recovered from postwar Hiroshima and a letter from the father of the nuclear bomb, Robert J. Oppenheimer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

A Reuters report that Iranian hardliners were pushing for Tehran to obtain a nuclear bomb helped push stocks to their lowest levels of the session in the afternoon, according to commentary published by Mizuho Securities.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Upon the plane’s return to the U.S., its “suitcase nuke” triggered the Geiger counters at an airport in Maine, convincing a customs agent that a nuclear bomb was about to strike America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

"If the ultimate objective is to ensure forever that Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb, I think we have cracked that problem through these negotiations," the foreign minister said.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

And let me tell you, that old, old, old, decrepit geometry book hit my heart with the force of a nuclear bomb.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie