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hydrogen-bomb

/ˈhaɪ.drə.dʒən bɒm/

Traduction: Attaquer ou détruire à l'aide d'une bombe à hydrogène, ou au sens figuré écraser ou ravager.

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verb

/ˈhaɪ.drə.dʒən bɒm/C2formaltechnical
  • frAttaquer ou détruire à l'aide d'une bombe à hydrogène, ou au sens figuré écraser ou ravager.

A verb meaning to attack or destroy with a hydrogen bomb, or metaphorically to overwhelm or devastate.

  1. Attack with a hydrogen bombC2formal

    To strike or destroy a target using a hydrogen bomb, a type of thermonuclear weapon.

    frBombarder à la bombe à hydrogène

    • The military considered the possibility of hydrogen-bombing the enemy's underground bunkers.
    • No nation has ever hydrogen-bombed a civilian population.
    • The strategy was to hydrogen-bomb the key industrial centers.
Formes
  • hydrogen-bombed past participle
  • hydrogen-bombed past simple
  • hydrogen-bombing present participle
  • hydrogen-bombs third person singular