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nonnuclear
[ non-noo-klee-er, -nyoo- or, by metathesis, -kyuh-ler ]
/ nɒnˈnu kli ər, -ˈnyu- or, by metathesis, -kyə lər /
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adjective
not utilizing nuclear power, nuclear weapons, etc.: to fight a nonnuclear war.
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How to use nonnuclear in a sentence
It is a Strategic Defense Initiative aimed ultimately at finding a nonnuclear defense against ballistic missiles.
British Dictionary definitions for nonnuclear
non-nuclear
adjective
not of, concerned with, or operated by energy from fission or fusion of atomic nucleinon-nuclear weapons
not involving, concerned with, or possessing nuclear weaponsnon-nuclear states
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