hyperbomb
noun/ˈhaɪ.pə(ɹ)bɑm/
Etymology From hyper- + bomb.
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Government, Literature, Media, Military, Politics, Publishing, Science fiction, Video games, War Rare An exceedingly powerful, destructive bomb; superbomb.
- The hyperbomb of that day will have lost meaning as a weapon and gained meaning as a complex substitute for Francoise Sagan's "sports" car, as this death device is so playfully called.1957, Clifton Fadiman, Any Number Can Play, World Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 33:
- "He went back inside," Igor grunted. "After examining the artefacts we'd packed for dispatch. Probably wants to make sure the computer records don't describe them as ultra-guns or hyperbombs or whatever the hell."1974, John Brunner, Total Eclipse, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 33:
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- We entered an area where a hyperbomb had been detonated during the war.2014, J. Michael Reeves, Terry Austin, Byron Preiss, I—Alien, J. Boylston, →ISBN:
- Related terms
- doomsday bomb, weapon of mass destruction