thermonuclear

Speech parts

1. thermonuclear - Noun

2. thermonuclear - Adjective

3. thermonuclear - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

atom fusion walnut H-bomb nuclear experimental electricity gravity attraction conductivity elasticity electromagnetism meltdown galvanism atomic
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Antonyms

conventional

Phrases with the word

thermonuclear warhead thermonuclear reactor thermonuclear reaction thermonuclear power thermonuclear energy

Examples

In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing the likelihood of such a war, and to methods for coping with the consequences should war occur despite our efforts to avoid it. Herman Kahn

The dinosaurs disappeared because they could not adapt to their changing environment. We shall disappear if we cannot adapt to an environment that now contains spaceships, computers - and thermonuclear weapons. Arthur C. Clarke

The extreme danger to mankind inherent in the proposal [to develop thermonuclear weapons] wholly outweighs any military advantage. Robert Oppenheimer

A thermonuclear war cannot be considered a continuation of politics by other means (according to the formula of Clausewitz). It would be a means of universal suicide. Andrei Sakharov

The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold War we grew used to it. Larry Niven

Watching teething babies is like watching over a thermonuclear reactor-it is best done in shifts, by well-rested people. Anthony Doerr

Close letter words and terms

thermonociception thermonociceptive thermonociceptor thermonuclear bomb thermonuclear energy thermonuclear power