hydrogen bomb

noun

: a bomb whose violent explosive power is due to the sudden release of atomic energy resulting from the fusion of light nuclei (as of hydrogen atoms) at very high temperature and pressure to form helium nuclei

Examples of hydrogen bomb in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 1952: The United States tested the first hydrogen bomb on the Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in a blast equivalent to 10.4 megatons of TNT, hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. —Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 1 Nov. 2025

Nuclear fusion technology developed the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s but as an energy source, fusion power has been generated only for very short periods in the laboratory and no commercial reactors exist. —Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025

These titanic plasma explosions, also known as solar flares, each unleashed the energy of a million hydrogen bombs. —Dagomar Degroot, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2025

The hydrogen bomb and China followed. —MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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Kids Definition

hydrogen bomb

noun

: a bomb whose violent explosive power is due to the sudden release of atomic energy when hydrogen nuclei unite