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- noun A device containing
conventional explosives andradioactive material, designed to spreadradiation over a wide area. - noun A
nuclear bomb that spreadsradiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or design.
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- noun an atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contamination
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