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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hiroshima"

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Word	Definition
higashinoun	(sumo) The eastern side of the ring.
nagasakinoun	A port city, the capital and largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture, in southwestern Kyushu, Japan, famous as the country's early modern entrepot and for its nuclear bombing on 9 August 1945 at the end of World War II.
radiationnoun	The transfer of energy via radiation.
falloutnoun	A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
ground-zeronoun	Alternative form of ground zero. [Originally, the point on the land or water surface below which a nuclear bomb detonates in the air; now also the point on such a surface at or above the detonation.]
a-bombverb	(slang) To bomb with an atom bomb.
atom-bombverb	bomb with atomic weapons
cataclysmnoun	A sudden, violent event.
holocaustnoun	(by extension) (figuratively) Extensive destruction of a group of animals or (especially) people; a large-scale massacre or slaughter.
annihilationnoun	The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
devastationnoun	The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
bombardmentnoun	The act of bombing, especially towns or cities.
tragedynoun	A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.
massacrenoun	The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.
infernonoun	A large fire; a conflagration.
apocalypsenoun	A huge disaster; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin of large scope and scale.
obliterationnoun	The total destruction of something.
osakanoun	The capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
fukuyamanoun	A city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
fukushimanoun	The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011.