1. thermonuclear - Noun
2. thermonuclear - Adjective
3. thermonuclear - Adjective Satellite
using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission
Source: WordNetIn 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