atomic weapon

Questions about atomic weapon

What does atomic weapon mean?

atomic weapon means "a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction".

What is another word for atomic weapon?

Close synonyms include nuclear weapon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atomic weapon a common word?

atomic weapon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.