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Manhattan Project

Man·hat·tan Proj·ect


noun 
Definition:
 
secret research into first atomic bombs: the top-secret research and development in several places in the United States that led to the successful construction and detonation of the first atomic bombs

[Mid-20th century. < Manhattan District, the code name it was given]
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