ALL meanings of dirty bomb
dirt·y bomb
D d - noun dirty bomb a nuclear warhead designed to produce a great amount of radioactive debris by use of a fusion core, fission trigger, and casing of uranium-238. 1
- noun dirty bomb A device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material, designed to spread radiation over a wide area. 0
- noun dirty bomb A nuclear bomb that spreads radiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or design. 0
- countable noun dirty bomb A dirty bomb is a nuclear bomb that uses explosives to release radioactive material over a wide area. 0
- noun dirty bomb a bomb made from nuclear waste combined with conventional explosives that is capable of spreading radioactive material over a very wide area 0
- noun dirty bomb a nonnuclear bomb that has been packed with radioactive material so that it will contaminate a wide area when it explodes 0