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Noun: atom smasher
Usage: informal
  1. A scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
    "The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and most powerful particle atom smasher";
    - accelerator, particle accelerator

Derived forms: atom smashers

Type of: scientific instrument

Encyclopedia: Atom smasher