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nonnuclear

American

[non-noo-klee-er, -nyoo-, -kyuh-ler] / nɒnˈnu kli ər, -ˈnju-, -kjə lər /

adjective

not utilizing nuclear power, nuclear weapons, etc..

to fight a nonnuclear war.

Pronunciation

See nuclear.

Etymology

Origin of nonnuclear

First recorded in 1950–55; non- + nuclear

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U.S. and allied military planners, meanwhile, have spent months conferring on new blueprints for their combined force structures in Europe, under which the U.S. would reduce its nonnuclear deployments and Europeans would gradually fill gaps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

The exclusive deal with the global investment firm KKR is part of PG&E’s plan to transfer its nonnuclear power generation to a newly formed subsidiary, Pacific Generation.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

Authors of a 2019 study suggested that divorce isn’t as big a deal to kids who know many nonnuclear families.

From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2022

The second problem, Geller says, arises because cruise missiles can be armed with nonnuclear warheads.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2022

If I remembered correctly, and I almost always remembered correctly, it was called Minor Scale, and it was the largest nonnuclear explosion ever detonated.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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