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hyperbomb en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhaɪ.pə(ɹ)bɑm/
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Etymology

From hyper- + bomb.

Meanings

1. (rare) An exceedingly powerful, destructive bomb; superbomb.
   • "He went back inside," Igor grunted. "After examining the artefacts we'd packed for dispatch. Probably wants to make sure the computer records don't describe them as ultra-guns or hyperbombs or whatever the hell." 1974, John Brunner, Total Eclipse, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 33:
   • We entered an area where a hyperbomb had been detonated during the war. 2014, J. Michael Reeves, Terry Austin, Byron Preiss, I—Alien, J. Boylston, →ISBN:
   • The hyperbomb of that day will have lost meaning as a weapon and gained meaning as a complex substitute for Francoise Sagan's "sports" car, as this death device is so playfully called. 1957, Clifton Fadiman, Any Number Can Play, World Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 33:

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weapon of mass destruction · doomsday bomb