neutron bomb

noun

: a nuclear bomb designed to produce lethal neutrons but less blast and fire damage than other nuclear bombs

Examples of neutron bomb in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Some 46 years after Adam West’s Batman ran around a pier with an oversize bomb, Christian Bale’s Dark Knight fought Bane for control over a fusion-reactor core that was transformed into a decaying neutron bomb. —

James Grebey, Vulture, 20 July 2023 That’s a neutron bomb for trust on the internet. —

Time, 11 Dec. 2022 Just as the books begin to close on Tesla’s challenging second quarter, CEO Elon Musk has dropped what seems to be a neutron bomb on the market. —

Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 23 June 2022 One experiment was to determine how long soldiers could continue to fight after being irradiated by a neutron bomb. —

New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022 The pandemic has been a neutron bomb targeted at the prospects of lower-income working people. —

Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 12 Dec. 2020

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