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Hiroshima

[ heer-oh-shee-muh, hi-roh-shuh-muh; Japanese hee-raw-shee-mah ]

noun

  1. a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: first military use of atomic bomb August 6, 1945.


Hiroshima

/ hɪˈrɒʃɪmə; ˌhɪrɒˈʃiːmə /

noun

  1. a port in SW Japan, on SW Honshu on the delta of the Ota River: largely destroyed on August 6, 1945, by the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare, dropped by the US, which killed over 75 000 of its inhabitants. Pop: 1 113 786 (2002 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Hiroshima

1
  1. A Japanese city on which the United States dropped the first atomic bomb (see also atomic bomb ) used in warfare, on August 6, 1945. After the devastation of the bombing, Hiroshima was largely rebuilt.

Hiroshima

2
  1. City on the southwest coast of Honshu Island, Japan ; a commercial and industrial center.
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Notes

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb (see also atomic bomb ) ever dropped on a populated area. Followed by the bombing of Nagasaki , on August 9, this show of Allied strength hastened the surrender of Japan in World War II .
Many survivors of these bombings have suffered from a variety of diseases caused by radiation , such as leukemia .
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It produced more energy than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, according to the US Geological Survey.

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There are also lessons learned from other ravaged cities which rose from the ruins including Hiroshima, Beirut, and Berlin.

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We have shifted, perhaps, from the condition of planetary fear in the wake of Hiroshima to planetary dread today….

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Momita was a pharmacist who was born in Hiroshima, Japan, moved to California with his parents at age 8 and graduated from USC.

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For me, the greatest elephant in the room is our government’s possession of a vast supply of nuclear weaponry capable of causing exponentially more destruction than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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