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thermonuclear

[thur-moh-noo-klee-er, -nyoo-, -kyuh-ler] / ˌθɜr moʊˈnu kli ər, -ˈnju-, -kjə lər /
ADJECTIVE
atomic
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Type Ia supernovae are extremely bright explosions that are generally believed to occur when a white dwarf becomes unstable and undergoes a runaway thermonuclear reaction.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

The challenge that Churchill faced in 1940 was existential for Britain, but the one Eisenhower faced as president when the Cold War entered the thermonuclear age was existential on a global level.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 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

The very notion of “clean” thermonuclear weapons was mercilessly demolished in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by Ralph Lapp, a distinguished antinuclear physicist.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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