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A Splitting As Of Atoms

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noun

• reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts

• a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy

34%11 Subject to splitting atoms
adjective

• capable of undergoing nuclear fission

34%5 They involve splitting atoms
noun

• the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb

verb

• strike at with firepower or bombs

• bomb with atomic weapons

• cook or heat in a microwave oven

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