Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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fission bomb | Yes | No | No | No |
plutonium trigger | Yes | No | No | No |
fission bomb (noun) | plutonium trigger (noun) |
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a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239) | a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives |