Tsar Bomba

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Царь-бо́мба (Carʹ-bómba, “emperor of bombs”).

Proper noun

Tsar Bomba or the Tsar Bomba

  1. A 50-megaton thermonuclear bomb, detonated by the Soviet Union in October 1961. It was the biggest nuclear bomb ever exploded.
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