a bomb containing harmful nuclear waste that is sent out when the bomb explodes
Synonyms and related words
Types of bomb, explosive or missile
A-bomb
atom bomb
ballistic missile
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The term dirty bomb first came into media focus in June 2002, when an al-Qaida terrorist named José Padilla was arrested at a Chicago airport and charged with assisting in the construction of such a device. The media have also recently been using the term dirty bomb in the general context of what are referred to as improvised explosive devices (or IEDs for short): devices used by terrorists and guerrillas in unconventional warfare for the dispersal of chemical weapons.
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dirty bomb
noun countable
US
Word Forms
singular
dirty bomb
plural
dirty bombs
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a bomb containing harmful nuclear waste that is sent out when the bomb explodes
Synonyms and related words
Types of bomb, explosive or missile
A-bomb
atom bomb
atomic bomb
Featured as a BuzzWord!
The term dirty bomb first came into media focus in June 2002, when an al-Qaida terrorist named José Padilla was arrested at a Chicago airport and charged with assisting in the construction of such a device. The media have also recently been using the term dirty bomb in the general context of what are referred to as improvised explosive devices (or IEDs for short): devices used by terrorists and guerrillas in unconventional warfare for the dispersal of chemical weapons.