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nuclear war

/ˌnjuːklɪə(ɹ)ˈwɔː(ɹ)/US/ˌnukliɚ ˈwɔɚ/

nuclear war noun: a war fought using nuclear (fission and/or fusion) weapons.

nuclear war: a war fought using nuclear (fission and/or fusion) weapons
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Noun

nuclear war (countable and uncountable, plural nuclear wars)

  1. A war fought using nuclear (fission and/or fusion) weapons.
    • IF JULY 1, 1968, figures in the history books of the future, it will be because of what happened that morning in the East Room of the White House. A few minutes after 11:30 A.M., in that gold-draped room, before hundreds of witnesses and in the glare of television floodlights, representatives of...1971, Lyndon Johnson, “Thawing the Cold War”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 462
    • Vladimir Putin has told Nato countries that they risk provoking a nuclear war if they send troops to fight in Ukraine, in an annual state of the nation speech ramping up his threats against Europe and the US.2024 February 29, Pjotr Sauer, “Sending troops to Ukraine would risk provoking nuclear war, Putin tells Nato”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

nuclear war meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Gujarati

nuclear war in Hindi

war fought using nuclear weapons
परमाणु युद्ध parmāṇu yuddh, नाभिकीय युद्ध nābhikīya yuddh, अणुयुद्ध aṇuyuddh

nuclear war in Urdu

war fought using nuclear weapons
جَوہَری جَن٘گ jauharī jaṅg

nuclear war in Bengali

war fought using nuclear weapons
পারমাণবিক যুদ্ধ parmanobik juddho

nuclear war in Gujarati

war fought using nuclear weapons
અણુયુદ્ધ aṇuyuddh
More languagesFewer languages
nuclear war in Tagalog
digmaang nuklear
nuclear war in Arabic
حَرْب نَوَوِيَّة ḥarb nawawiyya, حَرْب ذَرِّيَّة ḥarb ḏarriyya
nuclear war in Malay
perang nuklear
nuclear war in Indonesian
perang nuklir
nuclear war in Thai
สงครามนิวเคลียร์ sǒng-kraam-niu-kliia
nuclear war in Vietnamese
chiến tranh hạt nhân

Forms of nuclear war

pluralnuclear wars

Words formed from nuclear war

Questions about nuclear war

What does nuclear war mean?
Nuclear war means a war fought using nuclear (fission and/or fusion) weapons.
What is nuclear war in Hindi?
Nuclear war in Hindi is परमाणु युद्ध (parmāṇu yuddh), नाभिकीय युद्ध (nābhikīya yuddh), अणुयुद्ध (aṇuyuddh). See Nuclear war meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is nuclear war?
Nuclear war is a noun.
How do you pronounce nuclear war?
Nuclear war is pronounced /ˌnukliɚ ˈwɔɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of nuclear war?
The plural of nuclear war is nuclear wars.

Words near nuclear war in the dictionary

  1. nuclear tests
  2. nuclear triad
  3. nuclear triads
  4. nuclear umbrella
  5. nuclear umbrellas
  6. nuclear war
  7. nuclear warfare
  8. nuclear wars
  9. nuclear waste
  10. nuclear wastes
  11. nuclear weapon

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