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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Nuclear device

/no͞ok'-lē-ẽr dĭv-īs'/ · Nu·cle·ar dev·ice · IPA
01 n. an explosive device, whether used as a weapon or for other purposes, which depends for most of its explosive power on the release of energy…
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    an explosive device, whether used as a weapon or for other purposes, which depends for most of its explosive power on the release of energy from within atomic nuclei. A fission device or a fusion device.