ANDREI SAKHAROV

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Meaning:

Soviet physicist and dissident; helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb; advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989)

Synonyms:

Andrei Dimitrievich Sakharov; Andrei Sakharov; Sakharov

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)

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