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thermonuclear weapon

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | 229 words | Copyright

thermonuclear weapon a bomb in which very high temperatures are used to bring about the fusion of light nuclei such as those of hydrogen isotopes (e.g., deuterium and tritium) with the accompanying release of destructive energy.

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