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dirty bomb
dirty bomba device using conventional explosives to send nuclear material through the airdirty bomb n (Military) informal a bomb made from nuclear waste combined with conventional explosives that is capable of spreading radioactive material over a very wide area Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | dirty bomb - an atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contaminationA-bomb, atom bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb - a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239) |
dirty bomb
dirty bomb[¦dər·dē ′bäm] (ordnance) An explosive based on nuclear fission that emits many long-lived radioactive isotopes. dirty bomb
A conventional bomb—i.e., explosive delivery device—which would contain high-level radioactive waste or subnuclear weapons-grade material and theoretically contaminate a wide area with radioactivitydir·ty bomb (dĭr'tē bom) A mass-casualty weapon that combines some sort of radioactive material with conventional explosives. dirty bombA weapon that disperses into the environment low-level radioactive material bonded to a conventional explosive. dirty bomb
Words related to dirty bombnoun an atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contaminationRelated Words- A-bomb
- atom bomb
- atomic bomb
- fission bomb
- plutonium bomb
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