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Nuclear

adjective

(weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy. Synonym: atomic. "Nuclear weapons" , "Atomic bombs"

Of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom. "Nuclear fission" , "Nuclear forces"

Of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell. "Nuclear division"

Constituting or like a nucleus. "The nuclear core of the congregation"

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"Nuclear" Quotes from Famous Books

... then, is whether the Chinese Communists will seek to achieve their ambitions through the application of force, as they did in Korea, or whether they will accept the vital requisite of world peace and order in a nuclear age and renounce the use of force as the means for satisfying their territorial claims. The territory concerned has never been under the control of Communist China. On the contrary, the Republic of China—despite ...

— The Communist Threat in the Taiwan Area • John Foster Dulles and Dwight D. Eisenhower

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