Definition of "nonnuclear" []

• Not causing, involving, or operated by nuclear energy. (adjective)
• Not possessing nuclear weapons. (adjective)

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• "Here's her brave defense of keeping the book: "the book can say to kids in nonnuclear familes that they -- the kids -- are okay regardless of how we feel about their parents 'life choices.""
• "Brown and Perry were masterful strategists but also caring leaders: Their technological revolution was designed in part to create nonnuclear solutions to our security problems to reduce the risk of ever having to use nuclear weapons."
• "Pakistan also garners more attention than other nonnuclear terrorist safe havens such as Somalia or Yemen."