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Noun atom-bomb has 1 sense

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)
--₁ is a kind of nuclear weapon; bomb
--₁ has parts: plutonium trigger, plutonium pit
--₁ has particulars: clean bomb; dirty bomb; neutron bomb

Verb atom-bomb has 1 sense

atom-bomb, nuke - bomb with atomic weapons
--₁ is one way to bombard, bomb
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