neutron bomb

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   atom bomb that produces lethal neutrons with less blast

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Questions about neutron bomb

What does neutron bomb mean?

neutron bomb means "atom bomb that produces lethal neutrons with less blast".

Is neutron bomb a common word?

neutron bomb 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.