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thermonuclear weapon

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A weapon whose power is derived from nuclear fusion at high temperature.

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17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: lämpöydinase — weapon
  • Georgian: თერმობირთვული იარაღი (termobirtvuli iaraɣi) — weapon
  • German: thermonukleare Waffe — weapon
  • Indonesian: persenjataan termonuklir — weapon
  • Kazakh: термоядролық қару (termoädrolyq qaru) — weapon
  • Korean: 열핵무기 (yeolhaengmugi) — weapon
  • Korean: 열핵병기 (yeolhaekbyeonggi) — weapon
  • Korean: 열핵폭탄 (yeolhaekpoktan) — weapon
  • Korean: 핵융합폭탄 (haegyunghap'poktan) — weapon
  • Malay: senjata termonuklear — weapon
  • Polish: ładunek termojądrowy — weapon
  • Polish: ładunek wodorowy — weapon
  • Romanian: armă termonucleară — weapon
  • Russian: термоя́дерное ору́жие (termojádernoje orúžije) — weapon
  • Spanish: bomba termonuclear — weapon
  • Swedish: termonukleärt vapen — weapon
  • Tagalog: initbutudning sandata — weapon