fission weapon

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fission weapon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nuclear weapon \Nu"cle*ar wea"pon\, n.
     A weapon of great explosive power, such as an atomic bomb
     or a hydrogen bomb, which depends for most of its explosive
     power on the release of energy from within atomic nuclei by a
     nuclear reaction. A fission weapon or a fusion weapon.
     The term includes atomic shells for cannon.
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