[+] 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.
This was one of the reasons why President Truman authorised the use of the atomic bomb in an effort to get Japan to surrender. On August 6th, âLittle Boyâ was dropped on Hiroshima and on August 9th, âFat Manâ was dropped on Nagasaki.n the other hand, it was the only way to stop the war. Japan was going to invade the U.S. and we were running out of supplies, people, guns, bullets, etc. It was either the bomb or lose the war. World War II was the fight for humanity, if Hitler won (not to be taken offensively) the world would have gone to hell.