Definition of "atomic bomb" []

• See atom bomb. (noun)

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• "Another B-29 from the 509th (redesignated as a very heavy bomb group) dropped an atomic bomb in the Bikini atomic tests of July 1946."
• "An atomic bomb went off under Harry Reddington's ass."
• "It is an observational trip only: the children watch as the atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima."