hydrogen bomb

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

hydrogen bomb
    n 1: a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of
         light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium
         [syn: {hydrogen bomb}, {H-bomb}, {fusion bomb},
         {thermonuclear bomb}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Nuclear weapon \Nu"cle*ar wea"pon\, n.
   A weapon of great explosive power, such as an {atomic bomb}
   or a {hydrogen bomb}, which depends for most of its explosive
   power on the release of energy from within atomic nuclei by a
   nuclear reaction. A {fission weapon} or a {fusion weapon}.
   The term includes atomic shells for cannon.
   [PJC]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

H-bomb \H"-bomb`\ ([=a]ch"b[o^]mb`) n.
   The {hydrogen bomb}, a thermonuclear weapon that releases
   atomic energy by union of hydrogen nuclei at high
   temperatures to form helium. The force of its explosion may
   range from one to hundreds of megatons of TNT equivalent.

   Syn: hydrogen bomb, fusion bomb, thermonuclear bomb.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "hydrogen bomb":
      A-bomb, H-bomb, atomic bomb, atomic warhead, clean bomb,
      cobalt bomb, dirty bomb, fusion bomb, hell bomb,
      limited nuclear weapons, nuclear artillery, nuclear explosive,
      nuclear warhead, plutonium bomb, superbomb,
      tactical nuclear weapons, thermonuclear bomb,
      thermonuclear warhead

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