Atomic Bomb

Definition: Atomic Bomb

Atomic Bomb

Noun

1. A nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element (uranium 235 or plutonium 239)).

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Synonyms: Atomic Bomb

Crosswords: Atomic Bomb

I never thought I'd say this to anyone, but I have to go get the atomic bomb from out of the trunk of the car. (The Manhattan Project; writing credit: Thomas Baum; Marshall Brickman)

Genbaku Shi: Killed by the Atomic Bomb (1994)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• 20th Century Atomic Bomb and Nuclear Weapons Test Film Clips and Images (reference)

• 20th Century Nevada Test Site Atomic Bomb and Nuclear Weapons Test Documents (reference)

• Atomic Bomb Cinema: The Apocalyptic Imagination on Film (reference)

• Japan's Secret War: Japan's Race Against Time to Build Its Own Atomic Bomb (reference)

• The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• America's Atomic Bomb Tests Buster Jangle (reference)

• Atomic Bomb Collection (reference)

• Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (reference)

• America's Atomic Bomb Tests-Human Guinea Pigs (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Photographed circa 1946. This view was released on 17 May 1946, in connection with the ship's role as "floating press headquarters" for the Bikini atomic bomb tests. Credit: NAVY.

Postal cachet commemorating the "Able" Day atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll, 1 July 1946. The cachet, designed by Gunnery Sergeant Grant Powers, USMC, was used on mail sent from USS Appalachian (AGC-1) on that day. Credit: NAVY.

View on the ship's afterdeck, looking forward, showing damage inflicted during the Operation "Crossroads" atomic bomb tests at Bikini, in July 1946. Men in the foreground are examining the remains of equipment placed on her deck to test the effects of the bomb explosion. Note the caution signs painted on her after eight-inch gun turret, presumably to reduce fire risks and prevent the taking of radioactive items as souvenirs. Credit: NAVY.

USS Saratoga (CV-3) sinking in Bikini Lagoon after she was fatally damaged by the "Baker Day" underwater atomic bomb test, 25 July 1946. Note her hull number ("3") still visible at the front of her flight deck, air escaping from her submerged hull and oil streaming away to starboard. Credit: NAVY.

At Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 14 May 1946, while being prepared for use as a target for the Operation "Crossroads" atomic bomb tests. Note her battery of sixteen 21-inch torpedo tubes, in quadruple mountings amidships. Credit: NAVY.

View of the ship's forward portion, probably taken soon after she had been used as a target during the July 1946 Operation "Crossroads" atomic bomb tests. Note test structure on her bow and the apparently scorched condition of her paint. Credit: NAVY.

The wrecked framework of the Museum of Science and Industry in Hiroshima-shi, Japan, as it appeared shortly after the dropping of the first atomic bomb. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It would nevertheless be wrong and imprudent to entrust the secret knowledge or experience of the atomic bomb, which the United States, Great Britain, and Canada now share, to the world organization, while it is still in its infancy. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

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Arabic 

‏قنبلة ذرية. (various references)

French

bombe atomique (atom bomb). (various references)

German

atombombe (A-bomb, atom bomb, nuke). (various references)

Greek 

ατομική βόμβα (a bomb, bomb). (various references)

Hebrew 

פצצ�" �'רעי� ית (a bomb). (various references)

Hungarian

atombomba (a bomb, atom bomb, nuclear bomb). (various references)

Italian

bomba atòmica (a bomb). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

原爆 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

�"カドン , �'�"しばく� �" (A-bomb), �'�"ばく (unpolished wheat or barley). (various references)

Pig Latin

atomicay ombbay

Portuguese

bomba atômica (a-bomb, atom bomb). (various references)

Russian 

атомный бомба, атомная бомба (a bomb, abomb, A-bomb, a-bomb 2, atom bomb). (various references)

Spanish

bomba atómica (a bomb, atom bomb). (various references)

Thai

ระเบิ�"ปรมา�"ู. (various references)

Turkish

atom bombası (a bomb, atom bomb, fission bomb, nuclear bomb, nuke). (various references)

Misspellings

"Atomic Bomb" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aomic bomb. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-4 letters: atomic, bamboo, bobcat, combat, commit, oomiac, tombac.

-5 letters: abbot, ambit, baboo, bimbo, biota, cabob, coati, cobia, combo, comma, coomb, mambo, taboo.