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
Five months were wasted between the first Russian explosion and Truman's order to build the superbomb.
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
“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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