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top-secret
[ top-see-krit ]
adjective
- bearing the classification top-secret, the highest level of classified information.
- limited to persons authorized to use anything so classified. Compare classification ( def 5 ).
top-secret
adjective
- containing information whose disclosure would cause exceedingly grave damage to the nation and therefore classified as needing the highest level of secrecy and security
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of top-secret1
Example Sentences
If a communication system must be used to transmit top-secret information, it must be one of those developed by the government using highly secure encryptions developed especially for that purpose.
Navy program involving nuclear energy, a position that required a top-secret clearance and prohibited dual citizenship.
Fans crossed their fingers, hoping that his exhaustion might be code for a top-secret new project.
“It will become, potentially, 'The Manhattan Project' of our time,” the president-elect wrote on his social media platform, referring to a top-secret World War Two programme to develop nuclear weapons.
Anton was an officer at a top-secret nuclear weapons facility in Russia.
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