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hydrogen bomb

hy·dro·gen bomb
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hahy-druh-juh n bom]
    • /ˈhaɪ drə dʒən bɒm/
    • /ˈhaɪ.drɪ.dʒən bɒm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahy-druh-juh n bom]
    • /ˈhaɪ drə dʒən bɒm/

Definitions of hydrogen bomb words

  • noun hydrogen bomb a bomb, more powerful than an atomic bomb, that derives its explosive energy from the thermonuclear fusion reaction of hydrogen isotopes. 1
  • noun hydrogen bomb thermonuclear explosive device 1
  • countable noun hydrogen bomb A hydrogen bomb is a nuclear bomb in which energy is released from hydrogen atoms. 0
  • noun hydrogen bomb a type of bomb in which energy is released by fusion of hydrogen nuclei to give helium nuclei. The energy required to initiate the fusion is provided by the detonation of an atomic bomb, which is surrounded by a hydrogen-containing substance such as lithium deuteride 0
  • noun hydrogen bomb 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-bomb 0
  • noun hydrogen bomb A thermonuclear bomb that derives its destructive power from the fusion of isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium). 0
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Origin of hydrogen bomb

First appearance:

before 1945
One of the 6% newest English words
First recorded in 1945-50

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Parts of speech for Hydrogen bomb

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Hydrogen bomb

hydrogen bomb popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for hydrogen bomb

noun hydrogen bomb

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