hydrogen bomb
noun
: a bomb whose violent explosive power is due to the sudden release of atomic energy resulting from the fusion of light nuclei (as of hydrogen atoms) at very high temperature and pressure to form helium nuclei
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web America’s first hydrogen bomb test did not go according to plan. 
Audra J. Wolfe, The New Republic, 30 June 2022 Fusion was used to create the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s and since then, scientists and researchers have tried to harness it and generate electricity at commercial power plants. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2022 North Korea tested a hydrogen bomb and launched intercontinental ballistic missiles. New York Times, 22 Apr. 2022 This atoll, home to hundreds of people, was where scientists first tested the hydrogen bomb in 1952. Hart Rapaport, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2022 His decades of work in oceanography included greatly improving surf forecasting, helping countless American troops land more safely during the D-Day invasion in World War II and even analyze the impact of a hydrogen bomb blast in the early 1950s. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2021 The monster Godzilla first appeared in a live-action 1954 film as a dinosaur, roused from the bottom of the ocean by an American hydrogen bomb test, who spews radiation over Tokyo in a visceral re-enactment of an air raid. New York Times, 23 Nov. 2021 Edward Teller figured out how to make a hydrogen bomb. Samanth Subramanian, The New Republic, 8 Mar. 2022 According to state media outlet KCNA, Kim claims North Korea has added the hydrogen bomb to its nuclear arsenal. CNN, 21 Dec. 2021 See More
Audra J. Wolfe, The New Republic, 30 June 2022 Fusion was used to create the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s and since then, scientists and researchers have tried to harness it and generate electricity at commercial power plants. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2022 North Korea tested a hydrogen bomb and launched intercontinental ballistic missiles. New York Times, 22 Apr. 2022 This atoll, home to hundreds of people, was where scientists first tested the hydrogen bomb in 1952. Hart Rapaport, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2022 His decades of work in oceanography included greatly improving surf forecasting, helping countless American troops land more safely during the D-Day invasion in World War II and even analyze the impact of a hydrogen bomb blast in the early 1950s. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2021 The monster Godzilla first appeared in a live-action 1954 film as a dinosaur, roused from the bottom of the ocean by an American hydrogen bomb test, who spews radiation over Tokyo in a visceral re-enactment of an air raid. New York Times, 23 Nov. 2021 Edward Teller figured out how to make a hydrogen bomb. Samanth Subramanian, The New Republic, 8 Mar. 2022 According to state media outlet KCNA, Kim claims North Korea has added the hydrogen bomb to its nuclear arsenal. CNN, 21 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
hydrogen bomb
noun
: a bomb whose great power is due to the sudden release of energy when the central portions of hydrogen atoms unite