A-bombs
Mushroom cloud makers
A-bombs is the plural of A-bomb, a shortening of atomic bomb—a weapon deriving its destructive power from nuclear fission.
The term dates to the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
A-bomb appears in both literal and figurative contexts: The city was leveled by an A-bomb.
To A-bomb someone can mean to devastate them completely.
First nuclear-struck city
- NagasakiSecond city bombed atomically
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- fissionNuclear breakup releasing energy
- mushroom cloudDistinctive nuclear blast formation
blast · devastation · Manhattan Project · Enola Gay · Fat Man · Little Boy · detonation · kiloton
Escalating weapons accumulation between nations
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- nuclear agePeriod following fission's harnessing
superpower · MAD · disarmament · treaty · stockpile · IAEA · nonproliferation · balance of power
Final year of WWII
- World War IISecond global military conflict
- TrumanCold War-era president
- postwarAfter hostilities end
- occupationOne's regular paid work
reconstruction · anniversary · commemoration · survivors · testimony · documentation · archive · legacy
Utter, complete destruction
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
- vaporizationConversion to gas
- incinerationBurning waste to ash
- levelingMaking flat or equal
crater · rubble · ruins · wasteland · apocalypse · cataclysm · devastation · holocaust
Post-blast atmospheric particles
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- radioactivitySpontaneous nuclear decay
- exposureState of being unprotected
- sicknessBodily disorder or disease
cancer · mutation · leukemia · burns · isotopes · Geiger counter · half-life · irradiation
Hiroshima
First nuclear-struck city
mushroom cloud · blast · devastation · Manhattan Project · Enola Gay · Fat Man · Little Boy · detonation · kiloton · airburst
arms race
Escalating weapons accumulation between nations
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
nuclear age · superpower · MAD · disarmament · treaty · stockpile · IAEA · nonproliferation · balance of power · escalation
1945
Final year of WWII
- World War IISecond global military conflict
- TrumanCold War-era president
- postwarAfter hostilities end
occupation · reconstruction · anniversary · commemoration · survivors · testimony · documentation · archive · legacy · turning point
annihilation
Utter, complete destruction
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
- vaporizationConversion to gas
- incinerationBurning waste to ash
leveling · crater · rubble · ruins · wasteland · apocalypse · cataclysm · devastation · holocaust · carnage
fallout
Post-blast atmospheric particles
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- radioactivitySpontaneous nuclear decay
- exposureState of being unprotected
sickness · cancer · mutation · leukemia · burns · isotopes · Geiger counter · half-life · irradiation · thyroid
A-bombsfirecrackers
Small explosive novelties
cap guns · BB guns · peashooters · popguns · slingshots
A-bombsconventional weapons
Non-WMD military equipment
hand grenades · dynamite · TNT · muskets · swords
A-bombsolive branches
Emblems of truce
nuclear disarmament · denuclearization · peace treaties · plowshares · peace symbols
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