NEUTRON BOMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neutron bomb mean? 

• NEUTRON BOMB (noun)
  The noun NEUTRON BOMB has 1 sense:

1. atom bomb that produces lethal neutrons with less blast

  Familiarity information: NEUTRON BOMB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUTRON BOMB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Atom bomb that produces lethal neutrons with less blast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("neutron bomb" is a kind of...):

A-bomb; atom bomb; atomic bomb; fission bomb; plutonium bomb (a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239))