Definition of Thermonuclear
relating to devices that use high temperatures from a nuclear reaction to cause powerful explosions
Examples of Thermonuclear in a sentence
Franceβs 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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