[+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples. 2. : lacking any feeling â If a part of your body (such as a foot or leg) is asleep, it is not able to feel anything for a brief time, usually because you have kept it in an awkward position for too long.
The US was justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan already killed over 2,000 people in the Pearl Harbor bombings. We had done nothing to provoke them, unless you count our cutting off trade with Japan, limiting their oil supply.
Historians agree that nuclear weapons did not need to be used to stop the war or save lives. As historian Doug Long notes : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission historian J. Samuel Walker has studied the history of research on the decision to use nuclear weapons on Japan.In his conclusion he writes, â The consensus among scholars is that the bomb was not needed to avoid an invasion of Japan and to end the war within a relatively short time..S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission historian J. Samuel Walker has studied the history of research on the decision to use nuclear weapons on Japan. In his conclusion he writes, â The consensus among scholars is that the bomb was not needed to avoid an invasion of Japan and to end the war within a relatively short time.