superbomb
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of superbomb
Example Sentences
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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
By January 1961, when Kennedy took office, plans for a lesser superbomb had grown more detailed.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2021
Government, divided and troubled by misgivings, took seven years and three months between the first A-bomb at Alamogordo and the superbomb explosion.
From Time Magazine Archive
To the scientists who analyzed the samplings, it was clear proof that the Russians had exploded a thermonuclear superbomb, a remarkably exact duplicate of the U.S.'s own.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kennedy asked how many Americans would die in this all-out superbomb exchange scenario.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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