atom smasher

noun

: accelerator sense d

Examples of atom smasher in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The borough itself has tried to save the atom smasher with plans drawn up to move it down the street next to the borough building. — Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Once the home of the world’s biggest atom smasher, Fermilab boasts the discoveries of the massive top and bottom quarks and the tau neutrino. — Byadrian Cho, science.org, 14 Aug. 2024

From quantum theory to atom smashers The brothers were both working as physicists when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. — Kc Cole, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024

In such a universe, a black hole appearing inside an atom smasher becomes much more feasible, potentially revealing insights into the very nature of gravity. — Adam Mann, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for atom smasher

• haberdasher
• asher
• brasher
• dasher
• flasher
• lasher
• masher
• slasher
• thrasher

Kids Definition

atom smasher

noun

: accelerator sense 3