A-bomb

English

Etymology

Shortened form of atomic bomb.

Pronunciation

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Noun

A-bomb (plural A-bombs)

(always capitalized) An atomic bomb; a weapon that derives its energy from nuclear reactions and has enormous destructive power.
Synonyms: atom bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb, nuclear bomb

Synonym: nuke (slang)

Related terms

Translations

atomic bomb

Chinese:
Mandarin: 原子彈 (zh), 原子弹 (zh) (yuánzĭdàn)
Danish: atombombe (da) c
Dutch: atoombom (nl) f
Estonian: aatomipomm (et)
Finnish: atomipommi (fi)
French: bombe atomique (fr) f
German: A-Bombe (de) f, Atombombe (de) f
Greek: ατομική βόμβα (el) f (atomikí vómva)
Hebrew: פְּצָצָה אֲטוֹמִית‎ f (petzatza atomít)
Icelandic: atómsprengja f
Italian: bomba A f
Japanese: 原子爆弾 (ja) (げんしばくだん, genshi bakudan), 原爆 (ja) (げんばく,genbaku)

Korean: 원폭 (ko) (wonpok)
Latvian: atombumba f
Lithuanian: atominė bomba f
Polish: bomba atomowa (pl) f
Portuguese: bomba atômica f (Brazil), bomba atómica f (Portugal)
Russian: а́томная бо́мба (ru) f (átomnaja bómba)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̀то̄мска̄ бо̑мба f

Roman: àtōmskā bȏmba f
Spanish: bomba atómica f
Swedish: atombomb (sv) c
Vietnamese: bom nguyên tử (vi)
Welsh: bom atomig

Verb

A-bomb (third-person singular simple present A-bombs, present participle A-bombing, simple past and past participle A-bombed)

(always capitalized) To bomb with an atom bomb.

See also

Anagrams

Bomba, bomba

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