Meanings
plural hydrogen bombs
- A thermonuclear bomb that derives its destructive power from the fusion of isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium).
Synonyms: fusion bomb, H-bomb, thermonuclear bomb
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA thermonuclear bomb that derives its destructive power from the fusion of isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium).
More synonyms by meaning
nouna nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Brazilian Portuguese bomba de hidrogênio
- bomba de hidrogêniothermonuclear bomb
Bulgarian водородна бомба
- водородна бомба (vodorodna bomba)thermonuclear bomb
Catalan bomba d'hidrogen
- bomba d'hidrogenthermonuclear bomb
Chinese Cantonese 氫彈 /氢弹
- 氫彈 /氢弹thermonuclear bomb
Chinese Mandarin 氫彈 /氢弹
- 氫彈 /氢弹 (qīngdàn)thermonuclear bomb
Danish brintbombe
- brintbombethermonuclear bomb
Dutch waterstofbom
- waterstofbomthermonuclear bomb
European Portuguese bomba de hidrogénio
- bomba de hidrogéniothermonuclear bomb
Finnish vetypommi
- vetypommithermonuclear bomb
French bombe à hydrogène
- bombe à hydrogènethermonuclear bomb
German Wasserstoffbombe
- Wasserstoffbombethermonuclear bomb
Greek βόμβα υδρογόνου
- βόμβα υδρογόνου (vómva ydrogónou)thermonuclear bomb
Hebrew פצצת מימן
- פצצת מימן (pitsetsát memán)thermonuclear bomb
Hindi उदजन गोला
- उदजन गोला (udjan golā)thermonuclear bomb
Hungarian hidrogénbomba
- hidrogénbombathermonuclear bomb
Irish buama hidrigine
- buama hidriginethermonuclear bomb
Italian bomba all'idrogeno, bomba H
- bomba all'idrogenothermonuclear bomb
- bomba Hthermonuclear bomb
Japanese 水素爆弾, 水爆
- 水素爆弾 (suiso bakudan)thermonuclear bomb
- 水爆 (suibaku)thermonuclear bomb
Korean 수소폭탄, 수소탄
- 수소폭탄 (susopoktan)thermonuclear bomb
- 수소탄 (susotan)thermonuclear bomb
- 에이치봄 (eichibom)thermonuclear bomb
- 헬륨탄 (hellyumtan)thermonuclear bomb
- 수폭 (supok)thermonuclear bomb
Latvian ūdeņraža bumba
- ūdeņraža bumbathermonuclear bomb
Malay bom hidrogen
- bom hidrogenthermonuclear bomb
Polish ładunek termojądrowy, ładunek wodorowy
- ładunek termojądrowythermonuclear bomb
- ładunek wodorowythermonuclear bomb
Romanian bombă cu hidrogen
- bombă cu hidrogenthermonuclear bomb
Russian водоро́дная бо́мба
- водоро́дная бо́мба (vodoródnaja bómba)thermonuclear bomb
Spanish bomba de hidrógeno
- bomba de hidrógenothermonuclear bomb
Swedish vätebomb, vätgasbomb
- vätebombthermonuclear bomb
- vätgasbombthermonuclear bomb
Thai ระเบิดไฮโดรเจน
- ระเบิดไฮโดรเจนthermonuclear bomb
Turkish hidrojen bombası
- hidrojen bombasıthermonuclear bomb
Ukrainian термоя́дерна бо́мба, водне́ва бо́мба
- термоя́дерна бо́мба (termojáderna bómba)thermonuclear bomb
- водне́ва бо́мба (vodnéva bómba)thermonuclear bomb
Cite this entry
hydrogen bomb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrogen%20bomb
“hydrogen bomb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrogen%20bomb. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydrogen bomb,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrogen%20bomb.
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