nuclear explosion
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nuclear
adjective
uk/ˈnjuː.klɪər/us/ˈnuː.kliː.ɚ/
being or using the power produced when the nucleus of an atom is divided or joined to ...
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explosion
noun
uk/ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/us/ɪkˈsploʊ.ʒən/
the fact of something such as a ...
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(Definition ofnuclearandexplosionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The momentum for anuclearexplosiongradually picked up.
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Fall-out, briefly, is material stirred up and irradiated by anuclearexplosion; that is, material which has become radioactive and blown into the air.
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If there is anuclearexplosionoutside this country, then the danger to packed foods would be virtually negligible.
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The practical view is because of the virtual impossibility of mobilising medical help to deal with the injured survivors of even onenuclearexplosion.
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They are already experimenting with the possibility of retrieving minerals bynuclearexplosionat enormous depths.
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This means not only that they are safe, in the conventional high-explosive sense, but that they are also safe from anuclearexplosionor reaction.
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What sometimes clouds our thinking is only considering the blazing centre of anuclearexplosion.
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Even though this product may be widely spread after anuclearexplosion, the possibility of serious hazard is limited by its relatively short life.
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It is not agreed, however, that it could be with certainty determined whether that disturbance was an earthquake or anuclearexplosion.
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Is nothing to be done to mitigate the after-effects ofnuclearexplosionfor those who survive the initial attack?
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There was at no time a risk of anuclearexplosion.
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One that was wrong—and he was writing in 1932—was his forecast of the firstnuclearexplosionin about 5,000 years' time.
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The malady that concerns us is too disastrous and overwhelming to respond to treatment, even palliative measures after anuclearexplosionwould be pitifully inadequate.
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Fortunately, there was nonuclearexplosionand in any discussion of this incident, that must be remembered.
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There is no question of anuclearexplosionhaving occurred as a result.
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In no instance has there been anuclearexplosionor the dangerous dispersal of nuclear material.
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For example, the house is insured, except for damage bynuclearexplosion.
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Nobody said that there would be anuclearexplosion.
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There was no fissionable material in the building and no possibility of anuclearexplosionof any kind.
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All the great measures which check radioactivity in water and the atmosphere have been made since the firstnuclearexplosion.
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