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dirty bomb en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material, designed to spread radiation over a wide area.
   • Without providing evidence, Shoigu said Ukraine could escalate by using a “dirty bomb” – conventional explosives laced with radioactive material. 2022 October 24, Peter Beaumont, “Ukraine war heading for ‘uncontrolled escalation’, says Russia”, in The Guardian:
2. A nuclear bomb that spreads radiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or by design.

Forms

Antonyms

clean bomb

Synonyms

RDD · radiological dispersal device · radiological bomb · cobalt bomb · salted bomb

Translations (46)

pl brudna bomba (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · ar قُنْبُلَة قَذِرَة (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · ko 더러운 폭탄 (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · pl brudna bomba (nuclear bomb that spreads radiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or design) · he פְּצָצָה מְלֻכְלֶכֶת (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · pt bomba suja (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · be бру́дная бо́мба (nuclear bomb that spreads radiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or design) · cmn 髒彈 /脏弹 (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · ru гря́зная бо́мба (nuclear bomb that spreads radiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or design) · de schmutzige Bombe (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · ga buama salach (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · bg мръ́сна бо́мба (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · ja 汚い爆弾 (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · de schmutzige Bombe (nuclear bomb that spreads radiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or design) · ja ダーティー・ボム (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · da beskidt bombe (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · sv radioaktiv bomb (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · sl umazana bomba (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · nl vuile bom (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · sh прљава бомба (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · uk брудна́ бо́мба (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · mk валкана бомба (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · lt nešvari bomba (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · be бру́дная бо́мба (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · cs špinavá bomba (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · sh prljava bomba (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · sk špinavá bomba (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · et räpane pomm (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · uk брудна́ бо́мба (nuclear bomb that spreads radiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or design) · ru гря́зная бо́мба (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · es bomba sucia (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · fr bombe sale (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · lv netīrā bumba (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · fi likainen pommi (nuclear bomb that spreads radiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or design) · fi likainen pommi (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · ro bomba murdară (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · sv smutsig bomb (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · nb skitten bombe (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · ko 더티밤 (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · el βρώμικη βόμβα (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · hu piszkos bomba (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · fa بمب کثیف (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · it bomba sporca (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material) · sv smutsig bomb (nuclear bomb that spreads radiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or design) · da beskidt bombe (nuclear bomb that spreads radiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or design) · cmn 骯髒炸彈 /肮脏炸弹 (device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material)