thermonuclear

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or derived from the fusion of atomic nuclei at high temperatures: thermonuclear reactions.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, or characterized by the use of atomic weapons based on fusion, especially as distinguished from those based on fission: thermonuclear war.

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  • Her audience profile is to die for A black woman who radiated near-thermonuclear energy came striding toward them across the studio. —  F ;SF; - vol 101 issue 01 - July 2001
  • It was the primary reactor for a thermonuclear device. —  Pohl, Frederik ; Williamson, Jack - [Undersea 03] - Undersea City [MNQ]
  • The cold sensation grew, and it hit my tongue like a thermonuclear peppermint, freezing hot, searingly bitter and sweet and— —and wrong . —  Butcher, Jim - Dead Beat (v1.0) (html).html
  • While the wrong emotions promoted by Prof Lapin, if left unchallenged, would be seriously hurting the impartial atmosphere of the scientific research (and be sure that many people are literally scared by these "thermonuclear" arguments that use millions or billions of possible casualties, without giving a rational mechanism), there were many other attitudes that would do a similar job. —  The Reference Frame
  • I use emacs, which might be thought of as a thermonuclear word processor. —  Karl Martino
 

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