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nuclear

adjective
  1. constituting or like a nucleus
    “annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis”
  2. (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
    “nuclear war”
    atomic
  3. of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom
    “nuclear physics”
  4. of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell
    “nuclear membrane”