atomic weapon

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   a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction

   Synonymsnuclear weapon

   Broaderweapon of mass destruction

   Narroweratom bombhydrogen bombmegaton bomb

   Partsatomic warhead

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.