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Meanings of thermonuclear warfare in English

Russian
атомная война
Portuguese
ataque nuclear
Spanish
guerra atomica
Catalan
guerra atòmica
Wikidata

Conflict or strategy in which nuclear weaponry is used to inflict damage on an opponent.

атомная война
Synonyms
Examples for "nuclear war"
Examples for "nuclear war"
1
The issue of nuclear war came up in every discussion writer had.
The new yorker
2
If so, an American sneak attack might set off a nuclear war.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
3
It would have been difficult to confine a nuclear war to Cuba.
One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
4
The president took his advice and it probably averted a nuclear war.
The Guardian
5
The spectre of nuclear war has a curiously weakening effect on superpowers.
The new yorker
1
But civil nuclear power is not the same thing as nuclear warfare.
The Guardian
2
It was as if, in the words of one historian, 'he anticipated nuclear warfare'.
Notes from a Small Island
3
Their mothers excuse them because we are living with the threat of nuclear warfare.
The new yorker
4
How could the system be protected against a unilateral act of nuclear warfare by a crew member?
The Complete Rama Omnibus
5
Let's hope that official isn't in charge of the red button if we're ever involved in nuclear warfare.
The Guardian
1
The devastating power of atomic warfare opened up an era where humanity's very survival was suddenly at stake.
The Guardian
2
But with atomic warfare threatening to break out on Earth at any minute, they have got to do something.
Warning from the Stars
Usage of thermonuclear warfare in English
1
Or Global Thermonuclear Warfare?
Wired
2
"Well," Ivy said, "he does have sole authority over a huge submarine designed to ride out global thermonuclear warfare.
Seveneves