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nuclear Definition

nu·clear (no̵̅o̅′klē ər, nyo̵̅o̅′-)

adjective

  1. of, like or forming a nucleus
  2. of or relating to atomic nuclei nuclear energy
  3. of, characterized by, or operated by the use of nuclear energy nuclear weapons
  4. of, having, or involving nuclear weapons nuclear warfare

nuclear Synonyms

nuclear

modif.

  1. Concerning a nucleus

    endoplastic, endoplasmic, nucleate, nucleal, chromosomal.

  2. Concerning atomic energy

    atomic, thermonuclear, fissionable; see atomic 2.

nuclear Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • even: How can the world apply pressure on the most powerful nations, even nuclear nations, when they abuse their own populations?
  • about: This isn't about nuclear versus renewables, my eyes and ears are open to evidence on all technologies.
  • then: Of villages into that the truths and then nuclear of the manchester.
  • so: He could visualize no effective defense against such weapons and so nuclear deterrence could be the only practical future strategy.
  • now: India and Pakistan are now nuclear powers and this terrifies the international community.

Modifies a noun

  • weapon: Ships carrying nuclear weapons will be banned from British ports.
  • disarmament: Our purpose is to promote support for nuclear disarmament within the Labor Party.
  • reactor: On Earth they can be found in the cooling waters of a nuclear reactor.
  • deterrent: For us to have a nuclear deterrent we must weaponise.
  • warhead: Around 30,000 nuclear warheads are in circulation in the world.

Used with adjective complement

  • acquire: This asserts the US ' right to use nuclear weapons pre-emptively to stop states from acquiring nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.
nuclear Quotes

The problems of the world, AIDS, cancer, nuclear war, pollution, are, finally, no more solvable than the problems of a tree which has borne fruit: the apples are overripe and theyare fallingöwhat can be done?† What can be done about the problems which beset our life? Nothing can be done, and nothing needs to be done. Something is being doneöthe organism is preparing to rest.

—Mamet, David Alan

Suppose ourancestors had discovered nuclear power in the middle ages, and had decided to bury their radioactive fuel.

—Lamb, Marjorie

The Soviet Union remains a superpower in the military and nuclear senseöonly its economy is in difficulty. People want me to lead the troops out or to chuck them over the border, but I have neither the strength nor the will to do it.

—Walesa, Lech

As a military man who has given half a century of active service,Isay inall sincerity thatthenucleararmsracehas no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons; their existence onlyadds to our perils because of the illusions that they have generated. The world now stands on the brink of the final abyss. Let us all resolve to take all possible practicable steps to ensurethat we donot, through ourownfolly, go over the edge.

—Nicholas, 1st Earl

It may be possibletoset up a nuclear reaction inuranium by which vast amounts of power could be released† This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of†extremely powerful bombs of a new type.

—Einstein, Albert

Their talk was endless, compulsive, and indulgent, sometimes sounding like the remains of the English language after having been hashed over by nuclear war survivors for a few hundred years.

—Coupland, Douglas

The dependence of London on Washington for the supplyof our so-called independent nuclear weaponsis all that remains of the'special relationship'and†it is reallya ball and chainlimitingourcapacity toplaya more positive role in the world. See Churchill 217:93.

—Benn,Tony (Anthony Neil Wedgwood)