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