neutron bomb
noun
: a nuclear bomb designed to produce lethal neutrons but less blast and fire damage than other nuclear bombs
Examples of neutron bomb in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The video hit the culture like a neutron bomb and titillated everyone.
—
Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
At the center of that group is a young United States national named Hayden Mark Davis, who came out of nowhere to structure a neutron bomb that begun to destabilize even the apparently untouchable Milei, who still hasn’t seen his polling figures recover.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Helmut Schmidt was furious with Carter for unilaterally deciding to cancel the deployment of neutron bombs in Western Europe.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
The segment immediately following that bloodbath is itself bloodless, but only because a French neutron bomb turns all of Springfield into an empty, echoing graveyard of dusty corpses, with Homer (caught testing out a bomb shelter) seemingly the last man on Earth.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2023
Some 46 years after Adam West’s Batman ran around a pier with an oversize bomb, Christian Bale’s Dark Knight fought Bane for control over a fusion-reactor core that was transformed into a decaying neutron bomb.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 20 July 2023
That’s a neutron bomb for trust on the internet.
—Time, 11 Dec. 2022
Just as the books begin to close on Tesla’s challenging second quarter, CEO Elon Musk has dropped what seems to be a neutron bomb on the market.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 23 June 2022
One experiment was to determine how long soldiers could continue to fight after being irradiated by a neutron bomb.
—New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
At the center of that group is a young United States national named Hayden Mark Davis, who came out of nowhere to structure a neutron bomb that begun to destabilize even the apparently untouchable Milei, who still hasn’t seen his polling figures recover.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Helmut Schmidt was furious with Carter for unilaterally deciding to cancel the deployment of neutron bombs in Western Europe.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
The segment immediately following that bloodbath is itself bloodless, but only because a French neutron bomb turns all of Springfield into an empty, echoing graveyard of dusty corpses, with Homer (caught testing out a bomb shelter) seemingly the last man on Earth.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2023
Some 46 years after Adam West’s Batman ran around a pier with an oversize bomb, Christian Bale’s Dark Knight fought Bane for control over a fusion-reactor core that was transformed into a decaying neutron bomb.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 20 July 2023
That’s a neutron bomb for trust on the internet.
—Time, 11 Dec. 2022
Just as the books begin to close on Tesla’s challenging second quarter, CEO Elon Musk has dropped what seems to be a neutron bomb on the market.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 23 June 2022
One experiment was to determine how long soldiers could continue to fight after being irradiated by a neutron bomb.
—New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022
Cite this Entry
“Neutron bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neutron%20bomb. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share