Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A neutron bomb.
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- noun A
neutron bomb . - noun Alternative spelling of
n-bomb .
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Examples
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Palin cracks under the pressure and breaks down in tears, McCain snaps and throws an N-bomb.
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It certainly doesn't sound like 'In the White House right now' like some are claiming, but it doesn't sound like the N-bomb is dropped either.
Poll Measures Public Attitudes Towards Obama's Denunciation Of Wright 2009
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Optimally, an airburst N-bomb would have little fallout nor would it destroy structures, equipment or vehicles, but its neutrons would kill the humans either outside or within buildings or tanks.
Daniel Ellsberg: Hiroshima Day: America Has Been Asleep at the Wheel for 64 Years 2009
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The N-bomb had a killing radius from its output of neutrons that was much wider than its radius of destruction by blast.
Daniel Ellsberg: Hiroshima Day: America Has Been Asleep at the Wheel for 64 Years 2009
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Yeah, they clearly want to be able to drop the N-bomb in peace.
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| Reply | Permalink ahhh ... it's only a matter of time before they drop the N-bomb.
Conservative Activist Grover Norquist: Obama Is "Kerry With A Tan" 2009
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We've already seen "uppity" - are we going to see some Repub drop an N-bomb before the end, with others jumping in to legitimize it as part of the political discourse?
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* The N-bomb is dropped on black passersby at Prop 8 protests
Pam Spaulding: Mormon and Catholic Churches Complain About Being the Target of Prop 8 Protests 2008
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While cable heads debate 24-7 curtailing the use of the F-bomb and the N-bomb, without a mention of free speech, our eyes are turned from I. Lewis Libby and the more inconvenient truth about death-defying Dick Cheney.
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Someone should raise a huge stink about his dropping the N-bomb and have him grovelling on the Senate floor.
Think Progress » Sen. Inhofe Compares People Who Believe In Global Warming To ‘The Third Reich’ 2006
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