A neutron bomb is a nuclear weapon that is designed to kill people and animals without a large explosion and without destroying buildings or causing serious radioactive pollution.
neutron bomb in British English
noun
a type of nuclear weapon designed to provide a high yield of neutrons but to cause little blast or long-lived radioactive contamination. The neutrons destroy all life in the target area, which theoretically can be entered relatively soon after the attack
Technical name: enhanced radiation weapon
neutron bomb in American English
US
a small thermonuclear warhead for battlefield use, that would release large numbers of neutrons intended to disable or kill enemy soldiers without destroying buildings, vehicles, etc.
Examples of 'neutron bomb' in a sentence
neutron bomb
The bomber should already have taken off; it should have been heading to Sangre de Dios by now, bearing the neutron bomb in its belly.