atomic

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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adjective of or relating to or comprising atoms
adjective (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
adjective immeasurably small

From atom + -ic.

"The atomic blast got weak. — A Martian Odyssey, Stanley G. (Stanley Grauman) Weinbaum
"It was an atomic explosion!" — The Secret of the Ninth Planet, Donald A. Wollheim
"Why an atomic reactor unit aboard?" — On the Trail of the Space Pirates, Carey Rockwell

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