WordNet
thermonuclear reaction
n. a nuclear fusion reaction taking place at very high temperatures (as in the sun)
Usage examples of "thermonuclear reaction".
He was well acquainted with its basic principles - the use of a pulsed thermonuclear reaction to heat and expel virtually any propellant material.
I explained, which was about as illuminating as describing a thermonuclear reaction with the words it go boom.
The brightness of the flaring metal, which was probably undergoing some thermonuclear reaction, slowly declined.
If a laser beam intersects a slowshield there will be a cataclysmic thermonuclear reaction, the Korozhet had told the Military Procurement Council.