WordNet
n. the explosion of an atomic bomb [syn: nuclear explosion]
Usage examples of "atomic explosion".
The only possible defense against atomic explosion is not to be there when it goes off.
But the SSSR's atomic explosion and our ignominious failure at Split, each in its own way, have shown beyond any possible doubt that our conduct of the campaign to conquer Tosev 3 has been dreadfully mishandled.
Anything less would prevent the chain reaction on which atomic explosion depended.
If conditions are favorable to a progressively increasing reaction of this sort, it may get out of hand, build up in an unmeasurable fraction of a micro-second into a complete atomic explosion-an explosion which would dwarf an atom bomb to pop-gun size.
If conditions are favorable to a progressively increasing reaction of this sort, it may get out of hand, build up in an unmeasurable fraction of a microsecond into a complete atomic explosion.
Besides producing a subocean shock, the magnitude of the atomic explosion is expected to tear loose a section of the trench wall.
Where Meeker briefs Jordan that they are certain that the Divine Star blew up in an atomic explosion.