a-bombo

Esperanto

Etymology

Shortened form of atombombo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a-bˈombo/
  • Rhymes: -ombo
  • Syllabification: a-b‧om‧bo

Noun

a-bombo (accusative singular a-bombon, plural a-bomboj, accusative plural a-bombojn)

  1. A-bomb, atom bomb, atomic bomb
    Synonym: atombombo
    • 1946 April, “La Atomonumento”, in Glom‎[1], number 4, Forrest J Ackerman, archived from the original on 5 July 2021:
      Ke tia terura daŭranta memoraĵo de la potencego de la A-bombo agus kiel brido sur la brakoj de besthomoj.
      That kind of continuing, terrible memory of the A-bomb's immense power would act like a bridle on the arms of human beasts.
    • 1987, “Mil papergruoj”, in PACO‎[2], page 14:
      Tiam oni konstatis ĉe sufiĉe multaj infanoj leŭkemion, kaj oni nomis ĝin "la malsano de la A-bombo".
      Then one regarded leukemia in sufficiently many children as a fact, and named it "the sickness of the A-bomb".
    • 2005 November, Georges Le Guelte, “Sesdek jaroj da atoma (ne)divastigo”, in Vilhemlo Lutermano, transl., Le Monde diplomatique‎[3], archived from the original on 14 September 2024:
      Sovetio eksperimentis sian unuan a-bombon en 1949, sian unuan H-bombon en 1953 […]
      The Soviet Union experimented with its first a-bomb in 1949, its first H-bomb in 1953 […]
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