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Pertaining to the nucleus of an atom. examples
Involving energy released by nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, radioactive decay). examples
Relating to a weapon that derives its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions. examples
(by extension, figurative, of a solution or response) Involving an extreme course of action. quotations examples
The states begging for aid get turned away; and sharp cuts in government employment, spending, and, eventually, pension payments are the only alternative future, beyond the nuclear solution of defaulting on our debt.
2011, Todd Lipscomb, Re-Made in the USA
The nuclear approach is the simpler of the two. When two constraints conflict, you can kill one of them.
2013, Erica Sadun, iOS Auto Layout Demystified, page 150
Republicans have taken the historic step of triggering the so-called "nuclear option" to change the rules of the Senate and push through Donald Trump's pick for the Supreme Court, after Democrats blocked the nomination.
2017 April 6, Mythili Sampathkumar, “Democrats filibuster forces Republicans to use 'nuclear option to confirm Trump's Supreme Court pick”, in The Independent
(biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell. quotations
However, the DNA in a bacterial cell is a single circular molecule and there is no separate nuclear compartment.
2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 17
(archaic) Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal.
countable and uncountable, plural nuclears
Nuclear power. quotations examples
The growth in wind capacity at first lagged behind the expansion of nuclear installations, but then it started to grow faster and is now outpacing nuclear.
2015, Vital Signs Volume 22: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future, The Worldwatch Institute
Nuclear weapon quotations examples
Admiral Burke believed that we would be able to beat off an amphibious attack, even if staged in conjunction with heavy aerial bombing, long enough to refer back to Washington and obtain authorization to use nuclears.
1958, Foreign Relations of the United States (page 118)