LEO SZILARD

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Meaning:

United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964)

Synonyms:

Leo Szilard; Szilard

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

molecular biologist (a biologist who studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life)

nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)

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