All 7 Uses of
atom
in
Slaughterhouse-Five
- They were as big as atomic submarines.†
Chpt 1
- ' One of the things Rumfoord had told Lily to get in Boston was a copy of President Harry S. Truman's announcement to the world that an atomic bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima.†
Chpt 9
- It is an atomic bomb.†
Chpt 9
- Before 1939, it was the accepted belief of scientists that it was theoretically possible to release atomic energy.†
Chpt 9
- By 1942, however, we knew that the Germans were working feverishly to find a way to add atomic energy to all the other engines of war with which they hoped to enslave the world.
Chpt 9 *atomic = related to the smallest part of any material that cannot be broken up by chemical means
- We may be grateful to Providence that the Germans got the V-1's and V-2's late and in limited quantities and even more grateful that they did not get the atomic bomb at all.†
Chpt 9
- The atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed 71,379 people.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(atom) the smallest part of any material that cannot be broken up by chemical means; comprised of a nucleus of protons and neutrons surrounded by orbiting electrons