nuclear warhead

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a warhead containing a fission or fusion bomb.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

First recorded in 1950–55

But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He used negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program as an example.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Dec 21|PunditFact.com|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Gordon G. Chang is a Forbes.com columnist and the author of Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World.
U.S. Should Make North Korea Pay for Sony Hack|Gordon G. Chang|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Binding the resolution of my case to progress in the nuclear negotiations is profoundly unjust.
An American Marine in Iran’s Prisons Goes on Hunger Strike|IranWire|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“Heavy water”, or D2O, is even less common in nature, though nuclear engineers make and use it in some reactors.
Are Comets the Origin of Earth’s Oceans?|Matthew R. Francis|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Upon careful inspection, however, delicate nuclear bands connecting the parts can usually be seen.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
After a detailed discussion by Hartson Brant of the properties and limitations of nuclear explosions, the conference agreed.
The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin
Rick and Scotty watched the placement of the nuclear explosive—a simple steel can, from the outside—in the big hole.
The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin
But even to the nuclear explosion those rocks won't mean much.
The Flaming Mountain|Harold Leland Goodwin
Charlie was an engineer at the new nuclear powerhouse, just out of town.
The Planet Strappers|Raymond Zinke Gallun