What is another word for atomic weapons?

Pronunciation: [ɐtˈɒmɪk wˈɛpənz] (IPA)

Atomic weapons, also known as nuclear weapons, are a type of explosive device that use nuclear reactions to release a huge amount of energy. There are several synonyms for atomic weapons, including the terms nuclear bombs, nuclear warheads, and nuclear missiles. These terms all refer to the same type of weapon, but may differ slightly in their specific characteristics. Other synonyms for atomic weapons might include terms like nuclear arms, nuclear weapons systems, or weapons of mass destruction. Regardless of the term used, the devastating power and destructive capabilities of these weapons make them one of the most feared and controversial types of weapons in the modern world.

What are the hypernyms for Atomic weapons?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Atomic weapons

  • A dark and terrible side of this sense of community of interests is the fear of a horrible common destiny which in these days of atomic weapons darkens men's minds all around the globe.
    Emily Greene Balch
  • But so far, you know who's been violating the nuclear nonproliferation pact day and night? Those who signed it. Iran, Iraq, Libya and Iran violates it while calling for Israel's destruction and racing to develop atomic weapons to that end.
    Benjamin Netanyahu
  • For the continuing worldwide oppression of class, nation and race, the incalculable waste and untold misery, the unending destruction and preparation for destruction and the permanent threat to democratic order that characterize the rule of capitalism in this, its most technically advanced, most "enlightened" and most materially wealthy era now threaten human survival itself. In the age of atomic weapons and intercontinental missiles, the predatory system of imperialist rivalry and global exploitation, of military intervention and counterrevolutionary war, faces mankind with the prospect of the ultimate barbarism.
    David Horowitz
  • Where would one find an answer? For the belief—the will to believe—was engrained deeply in the human fiber. Not entirely, either, in the matrix of the present situation, but in the blood and bone of Man clear back to the caves. There was in the soul of Man a certain deadly fascination with all things macabre. The situation as it stood had been grasped willingly, almost eagerly, by men for whom the world had become a rather tame and vapid place with no terror in it beyond the brute force terror of atomic weapons and the dread uncertainty of unstable men in power.
    Clifford D. Simak
  • Why should we add your book to the atomic weapons arrayed against us by our enemies. Publication of your book would help our enemies.
    Vasily Grossman

Related words: nuclear weapons, atomic bombs, nuclear weapons countries, nuclear weapons safety, nuclear weapon use, nuclear weapons effects

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