Synonyms for reactor
riˈæk tərre·ac·tor

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1. reactornoun

   an electrical device used to introduce reactance into a circuit

   Synonyms:
   nuclear reactor

2. nuclear reactor, reactornoun

   (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements

   Synonyms:
   nuclear reactor

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1. • Apparatus
   • Electrical Device
   • Physics

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1. List of paraphrases for "reactor":

   reactors

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How to use reactor in a sentence?

1. Ed Davey:

   There is a clear need for the generation of electricity by the nuclear reactor design to which the decision relates, because of the contribution its deployment can make to the new nuclear programme.

2. Elon Musk:

   We have this handy fusion reactor in the sky called the sun. You don't have to do anything, it just works. Shows up everyday and produces ridiculous amounts of power.

3. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter:

   In fact, North Korea worked with Syria, helped it build a reactor... North Korea is a welcome all-comers kind of proliferator.

4. Prime Minister Boiko Borisov:

   Every other option is way more complicated... To decide now to build a Russian reactor when Russia is under sanctions. You can imagine what access every engineer or mechanic who comes here would have and what additional problems Bulgaria would face.

5. Dmitry Alekseenko:

   This rig can't be torn out of moorings, even with a 9-point tsunami, and we've even considered that if it does go inland, there is a backup system that can keep the reactor cooling for 24 hours without an electricity supply.