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SAKHAROV

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• SAKHAROV (noun)
The noun SAKHAROV has 1 sense:

1. Soviet physicist and dissident; helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb; advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989)

Familiarity information: SAKHAROV used as a noun is very rare.

• SAKHAROV (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Soviet physicist and dissident; helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb; advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Andrei Dimitrievich Sakharov; Andrei Sakharov; Sakharov

Instance hypernyms:

nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)

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