HyperDic: dirty_bomb

English > 1 sense of the expression dirty bomb:
NOUNartifactdirty bomban atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contamination
English > dirty bomb: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningAn atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contamination.
Broaderatom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bombA nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
Spanishbomba sucia
Catalanbomba 'bruta'

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