| NOUN | artifact | nuclear weapon, atomic weapon | a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction |
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| Meaning | A weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction. | |
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| Synonym | atomic weapon | |
| Parts | atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, thermonuclear warhead, nuke | The warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb |
| Narrower | atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb | A nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239) |
| hydrogen bomb, H-bomb, fusion bomb, thermonuclear bomb | A nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium | |
| megaton bomb | A nuclear weapon with an explosive power equivalent to one million tons of TNT | |
| Broader | weapon of mass destruction, WMD, W.M.D. | A weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) |
| Spanish | arma nuclear | |
| Catalan | arma nuclear | |
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