hydrogen bomb (h-bomb)
1hydrogen bomb — ☆ hydrogen bomb n. an extremely destructive nuclear bomb in which an initial atomic bomb explosion creates the necessary intense heat and pressure to start a nuclear fusion explosion of the heavy isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium); H… …
2hydrogen bomb — hydrogen bombs N COUNT A hydrogen bomb is a nuclear bomb in which energy is released from hydrogen atoms …
3hydrogen bomb — ► NOUN ▪ a nuclear bomb whose destructive power comes from the fusion of isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium) …
4hydrogen bomb — hydrogen .bomb n a very powerful ↑nuclear bomb …
5hydrogen bomb — hydrogen ,bomb noun count an extremely powerful type of nuclear bomb …
6hydrogen bomb — noun a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium • Syn: ↑H bomb, ↑fusion bomb, ↑thermonuclear bomb • Hypernyms: ↑nuclear weapon, ↑atomic weapon, ↑bomb …
7hydrogen bomb — H bomb H bomb ([=a]ch b[o^]mb ) n. The {hydrogen bomb}, a thermonuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of hydrogen nuclei at high temperatures to form helium. The force of its explosion may range from one to hundreds of megatons of… …
8Hydrogen bomb — Known as the H bomb or super bomb, the hydrogen bomb was a development in thermonuclear weaponry that relied on fusion rather than the fission used in the atomic bomb and was a thousand times more powerful than original nuclear bombs. Although …
9hydrogen bomb — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms hydrogen bomb : singular hydrogen bomb plural hydrogen bombs an extremely powerful type of nuclear bomb …
10hydrogen bomb — Nuclear weapon Nu cle*ar wea pon, n. A weapon of great explosive power, such as an {atomic bomb} or a {hydrogen bomb}, which depends for most of its explosive power on the release of energy from within atomic nuclei by a nuclear reaction. A… …
