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nuclear war en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌnjuːklɪə(ɹ)ˈwɔː(ɹ)/ (UK)
• /ˌnukliɚ ˈwɔɚ/ (US)
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Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A war fought using nuclear (fission and/or fusion) weapons.
   • Vladimir Putin has told Nato countries that they risk provoking a nuclear war if they send troops to fight in Ukraine, in an annual state of the nation speech ramping up his threats against Europe and the US. 2024 February 29, Pjotr Sauer, “Sending troops to Ukraine would risk provoking nuclear war, Putin tells Nato”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • IF JULY 1, 1968, figures in the history books of the future, it will be because of what happened that morning in the East Room of the White House. A few minutes after 11:30 A.M., in that gold-draped room, before hundreds of witnesses and in the glare of television floodlights, representatives of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and more than fifty other nations signed the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Under that treaty, nations without nuclear weapons promised not to make them or receive them from others; the treaty assured those nations that they would have access to the full benefits of the peaceful uses of nuclear power. Nations with nuclear weapons pledged to work toward effective arms control and disarmament. This was the most significant step we had yet taken to reduce the possibility of nuclear war. In my remarks following the signing ceremony, I called the treaty "the most important international agreement since the beginning of the nuclear age." 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “Thawing the Cold War”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 462:

Forms

Deriveds

thermonuclear war

Relateds

World War III · Nagasaki · nuke · Hiroshima · doomsday

Translations (75)

pt atómica (war fought using nuclear weapons) · bg а́томна война́ (war fought using nuclear weapons) · ja 核戦争 (war fought using nuclear weapons) · hy միջուկային պատերազմ (war fought using nuclear weapons) · bn পারমাণবিক যুদ্ধ (war fought using nuclear weapons) · is kjarnorkustríð (war fought using nuclear weapons) · ka ბირთვული ომი (war fought using nuclear weapons) · fr guerre atomique (war fought using nuclear weapons) · ug يادرو ئۇرۇشى (war fought using nuclear weapons) · pl wojna atomowa (war fought using nuclear weapons) · sv kärnvapenkrig (war fought using nuclear weapons) · ms perang nuklear (war fought using nuclear weapons) · hi अणुयुद्ध (war fought using nuclear weapons) · ur جَوہَری جَن٘گ (war fought using nuclear weapons) · nn atomkrig (war fought using nuclear weapons) · fi ydinsota (war fought using nuclear weapons) · pl wojna jądrowa (war fought using nuclear weapons) · pt guerra nuclear (war fought using nuclear weapons) · ky ядролук согуш (war fought using nuclear weapons) · tg чанги ядроӣ (war fought using nuclear weapons) · be а́тамная вайна́ (war fought using nuclear weapons) · yi יאָדער־מלחמה (war fought using nuclear weapons) · da atomkrig (war fought using nuclear weapons) · sl jedrska vojna (war fought using nuclear weapons) · hu atomháború (war fought using nuclear weapons) · cs jaderná válka (war fought using nuclear weapons) · vi chiến tranh hạt nhân (war fought using nuclear weapons) · tk ýadro urşy (war fought using nuclear weapons) · ru а́томная война́ (war fought using nuclear weapons) · krl üdinsoda (war fought using nuclear weapons) · fa-ira جَنْگِ هَسْتِهای (war fought using nuclear weapons) · sq luftë bërthamore (war fought using nuclear weapons) · ru я́дерная война́ (war fought using nuclear weapons) · mk нуклеа́рна војна (war fought using nuclear weapons) · ar حَرْب نَوَوِيَّة (war fought using nuclear weapons) · sh нуклеарни рат (war fought using nuclear weapons) · de Atomkrieg (war fought using nuclear weapons) · de Nuklearkrieg (war fought using nuclear weapons) · nl atoomoorlog (war fought using nuclear weapons) · hi नाभिकीय युद्ध (war fought using nuclear weapons) · bg я́дрена война́ (war fought using nuclear weapons) · th สงครามนิวเคลียร์ (war fought using nuclear weapons) · fr guerre nucléaire (war fought using nuclear weapons) · cmn 核戰爭 /核战争 (war fought using nuclear weapons) · uz yadro urushi (war fought using nuclear weapons) · et tuumasõda (war fought using nuclear weapons) · tl digmaang nuklear (war fought using nuclear weapons) · pl wojna nuklearna (war fought using nuclear weapons) · cmn 核戰 /核战 (war fought using nuclear weapons) · mn цөмийн дайн (war fought using nuclear weapons) · it guerra nucleare (war fought using nuclear weapons) · pt atômica (war fought using nuclear weapons) · nb atomkrig (war fought using nuclear weapons) · uk а́томна війна́ (war fought using nuclear weapons) · ro război nuclear (war fought using nuclear weapons) · az nüvə müharibəsi (war fought using nuclear weapons) · ar حَرْب ذَرِّيَّة (war fought using nuclear weapons) · krl ydinsoda (war fought using nuclear weapons) · kk ядролық соғыс (war fought using nuclear weapons) · es guerra nuclear (war fought using nuclear weapons) · uk я́дерна війна́ (war fought using nuclear weapons) · gu અણુયુદ્ધ (war fought using nuclear weapons) · tr nükleer savaş (war fought using nuclear weapons) · cmn 核子戰爭 /核子战争 (war fought using nuclear weapons) · id perang nuklir (war fought using nuclear weapons) · lt branduolinis karas (war fought using nuclear weapons) · sk jadrová vojna (war fought using nuclear weapons) · ko 핵전쟁 (war fought using nuclear weapons) · hi परमाणु युद्ध (war fought using nuclear weapons) · sh nuklearni rat (war fought using nuclear weapons) · nl kernoorlog (war fought using nuclear weapons) · lv kodolkarš (war fought using nuclear weapons) · de thermonuklearer Krieg (war fought using nuclear weapons) · be я́дзерная вайна́ (war fought using nuclear weapons) · he מִלְחָמָה גַּרְעִינִית (war fought using nuclear weapons)

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