Definition of Thermonuclear

relating to devices that use high temperatures from a nuclear reaction to cause powerful explosions

Examples of Thermonuclear in a sentence

France’s thermonuclear bombs were developed without the help of countries who already had high level explosives.  🔊

Thermonuclear explosives require very high temperatures to achieve the type of reaction wanted.  🔊

Some thermonuclear weapons are so powerful that their high-temp explosions can result in the forming of a deep crater.  🔊

A project was planned to see the heat-related effects of dropping a thermonuclear weapon on the moon but never moved forward.  🔊

Years after high temperature explosives were dropped, residents of Bikini Atoll are still suffering from the effects of thermonuclear weapon tests.  🔊

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