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A-bomb
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English
Etymology
Shortened form of en atomic bomb.
Pronunciation
en en-us-A-bomb.ogg US
Noun
A-bomb
en slang en atomic bomb; a weapon that derives its energy from nuclear reactions and has enormous destructive power; in particular, those that rely on the uncontrolled explosive chain reaction of nuclear fission.
en atom bomb atomic bomb fission bomb
en nuclear bomb nuke<qq:slang>
Derived terms
en A-bomber
Related terms
en H-bomb N-bomb U-bomb C-bomb
Translations
atomic bomb
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 原子彈 yuánzǐdàn
Danish: da atombombe c
Dutch: nl atoombom f
Esperanto: eo a-bombo
Estonian: et aatomipomm
Finnish: fi atomipommi
French: fr bombe atomique f
German: de A-Bombe f, de Atombombe f
Greek: el ατομική βόμβα f
Hebrew: he פְּצָצָה אֲטוֹמִית f petzatza atomít
Icelandic: is atómsprengja f
Italian: it bomba A f
Japanese: ja 原子爆弾 げんしばくだん, genshi bakudan, ja 原爆 げんばく,genbaku
Korean: ko 원폭
Latvian: lv atombumba f
Lithuanian: lt atominė bomba f
Macedonian: mk А-бо́мба f, mk а́томска бо́мба f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb a-bombe f, nb atombombe f
Plautdietsch: pdt Atommbomm f
Polish: pl bomba atomowa f
Portuguese: pt bomba atômica f Brazil, pt bomba atómica f Portugal
Russian: ru а́томная бо́мба f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh а̀то̄мска̄ бо̑мба f
Latin: sh àtōmskā bȏmba f
Spanish: es bomba atómica f
Swedish: sv atombomb c
Vietnamese: vi bom nguyên tử
Welsh: cy bom atomig
Verb
en slang To bomb with an atom bomb.
See also
en chain reaction dirty bomb fall-out, fallout thermonuclear bomb nuclear bomb WMD
Anagrams
en abbmo Bomba bomba
en Explosives Nuclear warfare Weapons