nuclear
/ˈnu·kli·ər/ adj [not gradable] (OF ATOMS)Definition
› physics of or relating to a process by which the nucleus (= central part) of an atom is divided or joined to another nucleus, resulting in the release of energy › relating to weapons, or the use of weapons, in which an atom is divided or joined to another nucleus to release energy in a destructive way: nuclear war nuclear disarmament (= giving up or removing a country’s nuclear weapons)
(Definition of nuclear adj (OF ATOMS) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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