splitting the atom

Synonyms

fission severance vivisection

Examples

Football tactics are rapidly becoming as complicated as the chemical formula for splitting the atom. Jimmy Greaves

Poor old Spotty Muldoon. He thought of splitting the atom the other day. If only he could have had the idea about thirty years ago, he'd have made a bloody fortune. Peter Cook

Words in the phrase

splitting the atom

Close letter words and terms

splitting field splitting of shares splitting off splitting up splittingly splittism