nuclear weapon

1. A weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction (synset 103840144)
   is a type of: w.m.d., weapon of mass destruction, wmd - a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)
   subtypes:

   • a-bomb, atom bomb, atomic 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)
   • fusion bomb, h-bomb, hydrogen 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
   has: atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, nuke, thermonuclear warhead - the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
   same as: atomic weapon

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