superbomb
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of superbomb
Example Sentences
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By January 1961, when Kennedy took office, plans for a lesser superbomb had grown more detailed.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2021
Dr. Wellerstein quotes Edward Teller, a main architect of the hydrogen bomb, as announcing at a 1954 meeting of the Atomic Energy Commission that his laboratory was working on two superbomb designs.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2021
AEC Physicist Edward Teller figured out in 1945 that a superbomb was theoretically possible.
From Time Magazine Archive
November 1949: President Truman asked AEC members for written opinions on whether or not to go ahead with an all-out effort to build a superbomb.
From Time Magazine Archive
“The superbomb can be designed to be either relatively clean or very dirty,” Lapp wrote.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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