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Bomb
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Bomb
Computers An abnormal termination of a program being executed, which requires that the computer be re-booted
Drug slang A regional street term for a large quantity of various drugs of abuse—e.g., crack, heroin—or a large joint (marijuana cigarette)
Military A device designed to cause physical damage to a specified area, by exploding on impact or when a particular event occurs—e.g., when it is moved
Popular psychology See Time bomb

bomb
Military medicine A device designed to cause physical damage to a specified area, by exploding on impact or when a particular event occurs–eg, being moved. See B-61, Dirty bomb, Genetic bomb Popular psychology See Time bomb.


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Byline: ANI London, June 17 (ANI): Reports indicate that a global network of sensors designed to verify nuclear testing has failed to pick up radioactive gases from North Korea's nuclear blast, which indicates that the country might have used conventional explosives to mimic a nuclear test.
SINCE 9/11, politicians and pundits have repeatedly warned that terrorists who can't get their mitts on a fully functioning nuclear device could still spread radioactive death with a "dirty bomb," a conventional explosive combined with radioactive material.
Blasting Leeds or Lahore should a suicide bomber pack more than conventional explosives into a rucksack is no deterrent to a maniac determined to die.
 
 
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