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ˈsuperbomb
[super- 6 c.]
a. Also super bomb. A fission bomb. Obs. exc. Hist.
1940O. R. Frisch in Ann. Rep. Progr. Chem. XXXVI. 16 Since the energy release in this reaction would be about 105 times larger than in ordinary chemical reactions..it has been feared that it might form the basis for the construction of a super-bomb exceeding the action of ordinary bombs by a factor of 106 or more. 1941in H. D. Smyth Gen. Acct. Devel. Atomic Energy Mil. Purposes (1945) iv. 38 In such a reaction the energy would be released at an explosive rate which might be described as a ‘super bomb’. 1964M. Gowing Britain & Atomic Energy 1939–45 i. 34 A chain fission reaction was a possibility, the inevitable question had arisen. Could this energy be harnessed for making a super bomb?
b. A fusion or hydrogen bomb. Cf. super n. 9.
1951W. L. Laurence Hell Bomb i. 3 ‘Is it true about the superbomb?’ I asked him. ‘Will it really be as much as fifty times as powerful as the uranium or plutonium bomb?’ 1961New Statesman 15 Sept. 330/1 For this interpretation not least among the exhibits in evidence is Krushchev's grim emphasis on his 100-megaton superbomb, which American experts regard as militarily poor but incredibly dirty. 1975Sci. Amer. Oct. 106/2 It called for the fastest possible development of the hydrogen bomb, which was widely referred to at the time as the superbomb (or simply the Super). |