- nuclear weapon - a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction
--1 is a kind of weapon of mass destruction, WMD, W.M.D.
--1 has parts: atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, thermonuclear warhead, nuke
--1 has particulars:atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb; hydrogen bomb, H-bomb, fusion bomb, thermonuclear bomb; megaton bomb