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thermonuclear

[thur-moh-noo-klee-er, -nyoo-, -kyuh-ler] / ˌθɜr moʊˈnu kli ər, -ˈnyu-, -kyə lər /
ADJECTIVE
atomic
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He kept the U.S. out of any major war and developed a nuclear strategy that evolved from “massive retaliation” to a policy that recognized how an all-or-nothing approach to thermonuclear weapons would be too dangerous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

And it's exactly what he went against when going full thermonuclear on Rodgers on Monday.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

During his Nobel Peace Prize speech, Martin Luther King Jr. declared: “I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction.”

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2024

Gopalaswamy says that direct-drive ICF is a promising approach for achieving thermonuclear ignition and net energy in laser fusion.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2024

Within days, these yielded a commitment from the AEC that thermonuclear weapons development would play a part in Livermore’s program from its inception.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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