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nuclear weapon

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: atomic weapon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: weapon of mass destruction, WMD, W.M.D.

Narrower terms: atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb, hydrogen bomb, H-bomb, fusion bomb, thermonuclear bomb, megaton bomb

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Across languages

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92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: armë bërthamore — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Arabic: سِلَاح نَوَوِيّ (silāḥ nawawiyy) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Armenian: միջուկային զենք (miǰukayin zenkʻ) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Azerbaijani: nüvə silahı — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Belarusian: я́дзерная збро́я (jádzjernaja zbrója) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Belarusian: а́тамная збро́я (átamnaja zbrója) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Bengali: পারমাণবিক অস্ত্র (paromaṇobik ostro) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Bulgarian: я́дрено оръ́жие (jádreno orǎ́žie) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Bulgarian: а́томно оръ́жие (átomno orǎ́žie) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Burmese: အဏုမြူလက်နက် (a.nu.mrulaknak) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 核武器 (héwǔqì) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 核子武器 (hézǐ wǔqì) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 核武 (héwǔ) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Czech: jaderná zbraň — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Czech: atomová zbraň — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Danish: atomvåben — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Danish: kernevåben — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Dutch: kernwapen — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Dutch: atoomwapen — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Esperanto: nuklea armilo — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Estonian: tuumarelv — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Finnish: ydinase — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • French: arme nucléaire — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • French: arme atomique — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Galician: arma nuclear — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Georgian: ბირთვული იარაღი (birtvuli iaraɣi) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Georgian: ატომური იარაღი (aṭomuri iaraɣi) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • German: Atomwaffe — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • German: Kernwaffe — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • German: Nuklearwaffe — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Greek: πυρηνικό όπλο (pyrinikó óplo) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Gujarati: અણુશસ્ત્રો (aṇuśastro) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Hebrew: נֶשֶׁק גַּרְעִינִי (neshek gar'ini) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Hindi: नाभिकीय अस्त्र (nābhikīya astra) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Hindi: परमाणु हथियार (parmāṇu hathiyār) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Hindi: आण्विक हथियार (āṇvik hathiyār) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Hungarian: nukleáris fegyver — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Hungarian: atomfegyver — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Icelandic: kjarnavopn — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Indonesian: senjata nuklir — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Italian: arma nucleare — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Japanese: 核兵器 (kakuheiki) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Japanese: 核 (kaku) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Kazakh: ядролық қару (ädrolyq qaru) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Khmer: អាវុធបរមាណូ (ʼaavut paʼraʼmaanou) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Khmer: អាវុធនុយក្លេអ៊ែរ (ʼaavut nuykleeʼɛɛ) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Korean: 핵무기 (haengmugi) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Korean: 핵 (haek) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Kyrgyz: ядролук курал (yadroluk kural) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Lao: ອາວຸດນີວຄະເລັຽ (ʼā wut nīu kha līa) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Latvian: kodolierocis — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Lithuanian: branduolinis ginklas — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Macedonian: ја́дрено о́ружје (jádreno óružje) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Macedonian: нуклеа́рно о́ружје (nukleárno óružje) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Malay: senjata nuklear — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Mongolian: цөмийн зэвсэг (cömiin zevseg) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: atomvåpen — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjernevåpen — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: a-våpen — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: atomvåpen — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Iranian Persian: جَنْگاَفْزارِ هَسْتِهای (jang-afzâr-e haste-i) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Iranian Persian: سِلاحِ هَسْتِهای (selâh-e haste-i) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Polish: broń jądrowa — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Polish: broń atomowa — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Polish: broń nuklearna — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Portuguese: arma nuclear — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Romanian: armă nucleară — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Romanian: armă atomică — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Russian: я́дерное ору́жие (jádernoje orúžije) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Russian: а́томное ору́жие (átomnoje orúžije) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Serbo-Croatian: нуклеарно оружје — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Serbo-Croatian: nuklearno oružje — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Slovak: jadrová zbraň — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Slovak: atómová zbraň — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Slovene: jedrsko orožje — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Spanish: arma nuclear — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Swahili: silaha ya nyuklia — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Swedish: kärnvapen — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Tagalog: buturing sandata — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Tajik: аслиҳаи ядроӣ (asliha-yi yadroyi) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Tajik: силоҳи ядроӣ (siloh-i yadroyi) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Thai: อาวุธนิวเคลียร์ (aa-wút-niu-kliia) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Turkish: nükleer silah — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Turkmen: ýadro ýaragy — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Ukrainian: я́дерна збро́я (jáderna zbrója) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Ukrainian: а́томна збро́я (átomna zbrója) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Urdu: جَوہَری ہَتِھیار (jauharī hathiyār) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Uyghur: يادرو قورالى (yadro qorali) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Uzbek: yadro quroli — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Vietnamese: vũ khí hạt nhân — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Welsh: arf niwclear — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion
  • Yiddish: נוקלעאַרער וואָפֿן (nuklearer vofn) — a weapon that derives its energy from the nuclear reactions of either fission or fusion