A-bomb

[ ey-bom ]

noun

1. a variant of atomic bomb.

A-bomb

noun

1. short for atomic bomb

Example Sentences

You see him become one of America’s leading physicists, take a major role in the secret race to the A-bomb and, together with his recruits, devise and build the world’s first nuclear weapons.

From Los Angeles Times

After news of the attack, Satoshi’s mother rushed to Hiroshima to search for her family, who lived half a mile from the hypocenter, where the A-bomb exploded.

From Los Angeles Times

That eloquent account, first published in the New Yorker in 1946, told what happened to six A-bomb survivors during and immediately after the blast.

From Washington Post

“Whatever! He helped create the A-bomb, for chrissakes,” I had said.

From Literature

It had been flown without a crew through a mushroom cloud during A-bomb tests at Bikini Atoll, a way to gather data without endangering fliers.

From Washington Post