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Fusion reactions can occur without the heat and pressure of a star, but such reactions (as in hydrogen bombs) will be instantaneous and not self-sustaining.

Answer: If all meeps are sheep and all sheep are mammals then all meeps are mammals but it does not follow that (the reverse is true in that) all mammals are meeps.

In Short: That depends how you define a star, but not necessarily and in reality not at all, to draw such a comparison is an example of metaphor (unless discussing a star).

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Where does nuclear fusion naturally take place in the universe?

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