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Nuclear weapon

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Noun
  1. 1
    A weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion.

    "When Kissinger went to Moscow on March 24 for four days of talks aimed at setting the agenda for Summit III, he reported that Brezhnev seemed to be confronting some of the same problems as we were of military opposition to a permanent agreement to limit offensive nuclear weapons. Thus we knew from the outset that it would be very difficult to produce a major SALT breakthrough at Summit III."

  2. 2
    a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction wordnet

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