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What was the term which Szilard coined for a nuclear weapon that could annihilate mankind?
Doomsday Device
World Ender
Salted thermonuclear bombs
Total Annihilation Bomb
Answer
Leo Szilard coined the term "salted thermonuclear bombs" for nuclear weapons that could annihilate mankind. The term refers to the fact that these bombs would release large amounts of radioactive material into the environment, which could contaminate the atmosphere and cause widespread death and disease.
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