Hiroshima

//hɪˈɹoʊʃɪmə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A catastrophe. figuratively

    "Stuxnet is the Hiroshima of cyber-war."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan.
  2. 2
    The capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan; the target of the first atomic bomb dropped in warfare on August 6, 1945.

    "A short time ago, an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy."

  3. 3
    The 1945 atomic bombing of the city.

    "VINCENT: Tens of thousands killed before sundown; nobody's killed people that fast since Hiroshima and Nagasaki."

Example

More examples

"The devil destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 広(ひろ)島(しま) (Hiroshima).

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atomic bomb

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