Vocabulary -- Bomb by Steven Sheinkin
Across
- 6. illness caused by exposure to radiation
- 8. to do away with so no trace remains
- 10. nuclear reaction where the nucleus of an atom splits into fragments and releases energy
- 15. complete destruction
- 17. to create or invent something with skill and intelligence
- 18. looking forward to something that is likely to occur or appear
- 20. overhanging or steep mass of rock
Down
- 1. German secret police under the Nazis known to be terrorists
- 2. observation of a person or group, especially when a person is under suspicion
- 3. one who reports and forecasts weather conditions
- 4. extreme physical or mental exhaustion
- 5. mass amount of material needed to start a chain reaction
- 7. the lowest inner part of a ship's hull
- 9. to increase, enlarge, or intensify
- 11. about to occur
- 12. person who uses destruction of property to defeat an enemy
- 13. a business or industrial activity
- 14. remote or impossible to reach
- 16. disgusting or gruesome
- 19. mixed feelings of reverence, respect, wonder, and dread