atomic bomb

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An early-generation atomic gravity bomb.
A mushroom cloud characteristic of an atomic bomb detonation.

Etymology

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

Noun

atomic bomb (plural atomic bombs)

  1. (countable, military) A nuclear weapon that obtains its destructive energy from nuclear fission.
    Synonyms: atom bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb
    • 1914, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter 2, in The World Set Free‎:
      The gaunt face hardened to grimness, and with both hands the bomb-thrower lifted the big atomic bomb from the box and steadied it against the side.
  2. (uncountable, colloquial, with the) The possession of one or more atomic bombs; the ability to launch a nuclear attack.
    Synonym: the bomb
    Nine different countries have the atomic bomb as of 2022.

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