noun
a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction
• Syn: ↑nuclear weapon
• Hypernyms: ↑weapon of mass destruction, ↑WMD, ↑W.M.D.
• Hyponyms:
↑atom bomb, ↑atomic bomb, ↑A-bomb, ↑fission bomb, ↑plutonium bomb, ↑hydrogen bomb, ↑H-bomb, ↑fusion bomb, ↑thermonuclear bomb, ↑megaton bomb
• Part Meronyms: ↑atomic warhead, ↑nuclear warhead, ↑thermonuclear warhead, ↑nuke
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atomic weapon,
any weapon utilizing nuclear fission or fusion as its destructive force.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.