nuclear war

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1 English
- 1.1 Noun
  - 1.1.1 Related terms
  - 1.1.2 Translations

English [edit]

Noun [edit]

nuclear war (plural nuclear wars)

A war fought using nuclear (fission of fusion) weapons.

Technically, WW II has been the only nuclear war. We all hope it was the last as well.

Related terms [edit]

nuclear holocaust

Translations [edit]

war fought using nuclear weapons

Arabic: حرب نووي (ar) (h'arb nawawi)
Finnish: ydinsota (fi)
French: guerre nucléaire (fr) f
German: Atomkrieg (de) m
Icelandic: kjarnorkustríð (is) n

Italian: guerra nucleare (it) f
Japanese: 核戦争 (ja) (kakusensō)
Norwegian: atomkrig (no) m
Polish: wojna atomowa (pl) f, wojna jądrowa (pl) f, wojna nuklearna (pl) f

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