Hiroshima

noun

Hiroshima

noun

UK /hɪ(ə)ˈɹɒʃɪmə/ · US /hɪˈɹoʊʃɪmə/

Etymology Borrowed from Japanese 広(ひろ)島(しま) (Hiroshima).

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Figuratively A catastrophe.

Stuxnet is the Hiroshima of cyber-war.2011 April, Michael Joseph Gross, “A Declaration of Cyber-War”, in Vanity Fair:

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