atomic bomb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A nuclear weapon that obtains its destructive energy from nuclear fission.
The possession of one or more atomic bombs; the ability to launch a nuclear attack.

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Coined by British science fiction author H. G. Wells in his 1914 novel The World Set Free.

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