| 2026-06-02 | Fusion weapon, familiarly |
| 2024-08-09 | What awakens Godzilla from the ocean, informally |
| 2021-05-26 | Cold War concern, for short |
| 2020-07-20 | Weapon of mass destruction, informally |
| 2015-12-29 | Big bang maker, informally |
| 2015-07-01 | Eniwetok blaster, informally |
| 2012-09-24 | Test ban subject, briefly |
| 2011-12-10 | U.S.S.R.'s Big Ivan, e.g. |
| 2011-11-27 | Certain W.M.D. |
| 2011-05-07 | 16-Across concern, briefly |
| 2011-01-23 | *Weapon first tested in '52 |
| 2006-10-03 | Blast maker, informally |
| 2001-04-25 | It was tested on Bikini, 1954 |
| 2000-11-15 | Weapon since 1952 |
| 2000-02-07 | Thermonuclear blast maker |
| 1999-08-14 | The first one went off in 1952 |
| 1994-02-21 | SALT concern |
| 1994-01-27 | Frightful force |