Plutonium Definition & Meaning

plutonium
noun
  1. a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239

"Plutonium" in song lyrics

See how plutonium is used in real songs:

  • "I walk alone into pandemonium diarising plutonium"
    Ill Bill — I'm Not Happy '94
  • "Things might explode like plutonium"
    Sunz of Man (Hell Razah) f/ 7th Ambassador, Baghdad — Hell's Inmates
  • "who created the element plutonium"
    AOL — AOL

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