| A-bomb |
an atomic bomb. |
| airburst |
an explosion of a bomb or shell before it touches the ground. |
| arm2 |
to set (a bomb) to explode. [1/7 definitions] |
| atom bomb |
see "atomic bomb." |
| atomic bomb |
an extremely destructive weapon, the explosive power of which derives from the immense amount of energy suddenly released when the nuclei of uranium 235 or plutonium atoms are split; atom bomb. |
| azimuth |
in gunnery or surveying, the angle of sideways divergence from a standard path or direction, as of a bomb or shell. [1/2 definitions] |
| bomb |
to attack or destroy with a bomb. [2/8 definitions] |
| bombardier |
one who operates the bombsight and bomb-release mechanism in a bomber aircraft. |
| bomb cyclone |
a cyclone that rapidly intensifies in areas outside of the tropics. A bomb cyclone may bring with it a vast amount of snow or rain over an area. |
| bombshell |
a bomb. [1/2 definitions] |
| booby trap |
a bomb or other explosive device that is well-hidden and wired to explode upon being touched or triggered by an unsuspecting person. [1/2 definitions] |
| buzz bomb |
(informal) see "robot bomb." |
| crater |
a similar depression in the surface of the earth or other heavenly bodies caused by the impact of falling meteorites or the explosion of a mine or bomb. [1/3 definitions] |
| defuse |
to remove the fuse from (a bomb, mine, or other explosive device). [1/2 definitions] |
| dud |
a shell, bomb, or the like that fails to explode. [1/3 definitions] |
| firebomb |
a bomb designed to start a fire; incendiary bomb. [1/2 definitions] |
| fragmentation bomb |
a bomb that scatters shell fragments over a large area when it explodes. |
| fusion bomb |
see "hydrogen bomb." |
| ground zero |
the land or water surface directly above or below the point at which a nuclear bomb explodes. |
| H-bomb |
a nuclear bomb with extremely destructive explosive power, that releases energy by the fusing of hydrogen nuclei; hydrogen bomb. |
| Hiroshima |
a city in southwest Honshu, Japan, on which the United States dropped an atomic bomb in August, 1945--the first use of a nuclear weapon in history. Hiroshima has been rebuilt and is a thriving city. |