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atom-bomb

verb

bomb with atomic weapons

• Syn: ↑nuke

• Derivationally related forms: ↑nuke (for: ↑nuke)

• Hypernyms: ↑bombard, ↑bomb

• Verb Frames:

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transitive verb

: to bomb with an atom bomb

intransitive verb

: to drop an atom bomb

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/at"euhm bom"/, v.t.

1. to bomb (a target) with an atomic bomb.

v.i.

2. to atom-bomb a target.

[1940-45]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.