Synonyms for fissile
ˈfɪs əlfis·sile

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1. fissionable, fissileadjective

   capable of undergoing nuclear fission

   "a fissionable nucleous"; "fissionable material"

   Synonyms:
   fissionable

   Antonyms:
   nonfissile

2. fissileadjective

   capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain

   "fissile crystals"; "fissile wood"

   Synonyms:
   fissionable

   Antonyms:
   nonfissile

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1. List of paraphrases for "fissile":

   fissionable, fission

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1. Olli Heinonen:

   Historically, nuclear-weapon design and even manufacturing have gone hand by hand with the production of fissile material, the bomb to Hiroshima was dropped without testing only a few weeks after the last chunks of high enriched uranium were produced.

2. Vipin Narang:

   Both secret and That Yongbyon facilities can continue operating and expand the fissile material stockpile, we have no way to stop this or verify any pledges to freeze.

3. Vipin Narang:

   A freeze on fissile material, nuclear weapons, and missile production at Yongbyon and beyond — when North Korea does not even acknowledge enrichment facilities outside Yongbyon — without some sanctions relief, seems unlikely.

4. National Security Adviser Susan Rice:

   It can be shipped out to a third country, like Russia. That’s probably the most likely means ... Russia has its own fissile material, it’s handled it appropriately, we’re not concerned about that.

5. Colin Kahl:

   Back in 2018, when the previous administration decided to leave the JCPOA, it would have taken Iran about 12 months to produce one fissile, one bomb’s worth of fissile material, now it would take about 12 days.