Here at Harvard, we only work on the most important scientific problems, like "What if we nuke stuff?", or "How about we make this elephant explode?", or, who could forget, "Look at this thing. It's really big."
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Nuke
/njuːk/
Synonyms for "nuke" (31 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (9)
Noun(6 words)
Verb(3 words)
Related words (15)
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
More specific
13 entriesatomic bombatomic bombingdelete filefission detonationhydrogen bombmicrowave mealmicrowave popcornnuclear reactornuclear strikepower plantthermonuclear detonationthermonuclear weaponwipe drive
Collocations
11 entriesnuclear arsenalnuclear deterrencenuclear strikenuclear weaponnuke accidentnuke detonationnuke policynuke programnuke stockpilenuke testradioactive fallout
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
1 translations across 1 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- but see ydinalus noun ((colloquial) vessel running on nuclear power)
Sample sentences
43 total sentences available.
Can a nuke break an asteroid apart?
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Tom was put on a team in charge of a tactical nuke.
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"Mini-nukes" are "among the active unresolved nuclear issues in NATO at the moment," according to a Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff report. […] Mini-nukes, the report said, are the "new generation of tactical nuclear weapons which combine low and variable yield possibilities with enhanced radiation characteristics and which could be used with artillery and laser-guided or other 'smart' bombs."
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Showing 4 of 43 available sentences.