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nuclear weapons

nuclear weapons is the plural of nuclear weapon.

Meaning of nuclear weapon

Noun

nuclear weapon (plural nuclear weapons)

  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...1978, Richard Nixon, “The Presidency 1973–1974”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1024

Questions about nuclear weapons

What is nuclear weapons the plural of?
Nuclear weapons is the plural of nuclear weapon.

Words near nuclear weapons in the dictionary

  1. nuclear warfare
  2. nuclear wars
  3. nuclear waste
  4. nuclear wastes
  5. nuclear weapon
  6. nuclear weapons
  7. nuclear winter
  8. nuclear winters
  9. nuclear-armed
  10. nuclear-electric rocket
  11. nuclear-electric rockets

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