(countable, military) A nuclear weapon that obtains its destructive energy from nuclear fission. Synonyms: atom bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb (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..
Hypernyms nuclear weapon, nuke, superbomb weapon of mass destruction, WMD Coordinate terms hydrogen bomb, H-bomb neutron bomb Translations
