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ANDREI SAKHAROV
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• ANDREI SAKHAROV (noun)
The noun ANDREI SAKHAROV has 1 sense:
1. Soviet physicist and dissident; helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb; advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989)
Familiarity information: ANDREI SAKHAROV used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Soviet physicist and dissident; helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb; advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Andrei Dimitrievich Sakharov; Andrei Sakharov; Sakharov
Instance hypernyms:
nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)
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