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fusion weapon

Nuclear weapon \Nu"cle*ar wea"pon\, n. A weapon of great explosive power, such as an atomic bomb or a hydrogen bomb, which depends for most of its explosive power on the release of energy from within atomic nuclei by a nuclear reaction. A fission weapon or a fusion weapon. The term includes atomic shells for cannon.

Usage examples of "fusion weapon".

President, ladies and gentlemen, I want to start by stating emphatically that it was not the United States who detonated this pure-fusion weapon.

Or the panorama of carnage at a playground on the outskirts of a fusion weapon blast.

It was still less than the final figure for the installed beanstalk, but already the stored energy exceeded that of any fusion weapon.