nuclear weapons

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of nuclear weapon.
  nuclear weapon

  noun

  an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei.

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nuclear weapons

The Manhattan Project, the secret American effort to develop nuclear weapons during World War II, was driven partly by the possibility that Nazi Germany might achieve a similar breakthrough first.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Google said Argon is designed to refuse requests that could help carry out cyberattacks or develop chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

He has compared AI to nuclear weapons, writing that “AI will likely become the most powerful and strategic technology in history” and “the dominant source of military and economic power for any nation.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The two countries have previously cooperated on existential threats such as nuclear weapons, but that was based on a shared understanding of the threat, which is not currently the case with AI, Dave said.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

They pleaded for the global abolition of nuclear weapons.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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