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Nuclear weapon n. A weapon of great explosive power, such as an atomic bomb or a hydrogen bomb, which depends for most of its explosive power on the release of energy from within atomic nuclei by a nuclear reaction. A fission weapon or a fusion weapon. The term includes atomic shells for cannon.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Nuclear weapon" Quotes from Famous Books

... certain distance, the switches will close. That is, the 'pilots will be turned on if you try to go beyond range of the beams now locked onto you. The other unit we've installed in every boat is an ordinary two-for-a-dollar radiation meter. If a nuclear weapon goes off, anywhere within a couple of thousand kilometers, the switches will also close. In either of those cases, the scoopships ...

— Industrial Revolution • Poul William Anderson

Words linked to "Nuclear weapon" : hydrogen bomb, atomic weapon, atom bomb, H-bomb, atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, megaton bomb, plutonium bomb, thermonuclear bomb, fission bomb, weapon of mass destruction, atomic bomb, WMD, nuke, A-bomb, thermonuclear warhead, W.M.D., fusion bomb