Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun atomic_bomb

1 sense of atomic bomb

Sense 1
atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb -- (a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239))
       => nuclear weapon, atomic weapon -- (a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction)
       => bomb -- (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)