thermonuclear
6
8.3
- adjective
- /ˌθɜrməˈnjuːklər/
- Specialized
:
termonuclear
- It's also the principal reaction in thermonuclear weapons.
- thermonuclear weapon
- thermonuclear bomb
- thermonuclear fuel
So an atomic bomb is used inside a thermonuclear weapon as the trigger.
- So an atomic bomb is used inside a thermonuclear weapon as the trigger.
- They're crossing the Charles as we speak, and they have thermonuclear weapons strapped to their backs.
- You'll have a breakout of of the shockwave or blast wave from this thermonuclear explosion.
- Hobsons barn include famine and plague and thermonuclear war and who knows which one or what combination will come.
- It's trying to ward off a thermonuclear war, which will be started by this, this this dictator.
- I don't want to speak for Obama, but he said he wanted to start a thermonuclear war, ending all life on Earth.
- OK, This on the cover here is a thermonuclear bomb called Ivy Mike.
- And something he was really interested in was an astron thermonuclear device.
- Could be AI, could be thermonuclear war, but that just nobody can get past it.
- That's all it's it's just a safety net in case of there's been a thermonuclear war.
Examples
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After heated debates in the United States, work had gone forward on thermonuclear weapons.
Academic text (2005) -
Around the mid-1990s, Indian scientists made a breakthrough in thermonuclear bomb design.
Academic text (2000) -
The sun gets its energy from thermonuclear fusion at the core of the sun, right?
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The resulting "Teller-Ulam" configuration has served as the basis for thermonuclear weapons.
Academic text (1996) -
His principal technical contribution to nuclear weaponry was the final insight, reached in 1951 at Los Alamos, that made thermonuclear weapons possible.
Academic text (2004) -
However, when the program was converted, it included designs for gun-type, implosion-type, boosted fission, and thermonuclear weapons.
Blog text (21) -
Discussions between Fermi and Teller ultimately suggested the feasibility of using an atomic explosion to initiate thermonuclear reactions in a deuterium medium.
Academic text (1996) -
The idea that a fission bomb could ignite a thermonuclear explosion in liquid deuterium was first voiced by Fermi to Teller in 1941.
Academic text (2005) -
The sun's energy is produced through thermonuclear fusion in its core.
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Scientists are researching thermonuclear reactions to develop new energy sources.
Synonyms
∞
5.1
Relating to energy from the center of an atom, used for power or weapons
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.4
A bomb put on a missile that uses nuclear energy to make a very large explosion
- Specialized
1
7.7
A very hot reaction where parts of atoms join and make huge energy in stars or bombs
- Specialized
1
6.9
A very powerful weapon that makes a huge explosion by joining tiny hydrogen atoms at extreme heat
- Specialized
A machine that makes energy by joining atoms together in a controlled way
How Destructive
- Specialized
6
8.3
- Specialized
240
3.7
233
4.6
- Specialized
123
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thermonuclear combines thermo- meaning 'heat', the same root you see in thermal and thermometer, and nuclear from nucleus meaning 'core' or 'center'. So, thermonuclear describes reactions or devices where the atom's core reacts because of extremely high 'heat'.