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weapons-grade Definition

weapons-grade (wepənz grād′)

adjective

designating or of uranium, plutonium, or other fissionable nuclear material of a quality suitable for use in nuclear weapons

weapons-grade Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • acquire: Iraq could make nuclear weapon in months to a year once it acquires sufficient weapons-grade fissile material.
  • manage: In past years, G8 countries have worked on the issue of managing weapons-grade nuclear material no longer required for defense purposes.

Adjective modifier

sufficient: Iraq could make nuclear weapon in months to a year once it acquires sufficient weapons-grade fissile material.

Modifies a noun

  • plutonium: The United States plans to use two technologies to dispose of surplus weapons-grade plutonium.
  • uranium: We will help nations end the use of weapons-grade uranium in research reactors.
  • material: Large amounts of weapons-grade material outside the former Soviet Union pose a threat to international security.
  • anthrax: It was powerless to prevent weapons-grade anthrax being sent, probably by an insider, to liberal Congressional leaders and journalists.
  • fuel: They argue it is contrary to policy to encourage the re-opening of a reprocessing plant and the processing of weapons-grade fuel.

Noun used with modifier

surplus: The United States plans to use two technologies to dispose of surplus weapons-grade plutonium.

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