It will be a push-button war of nuclear missiles.
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Push-button
//ˈpʊʃˌbʌtn̩//
Synonyms for "push-button" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Translations
19 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- бутон noun (electrical switch)
Catalan
2 entries- botó noun (electrical switch)
- polsador noun (electrical switch)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 按鈕 /按钮 noun (electrical switch)
- 電鈕 /电钮 noun (electrical switch)
Czech
1 entries- tlačítko noun (electrical switch)
Dutch
1 entries- drukknop noun (electrical switch)
Finnish
1 entries- painonappi noun (electrical switch)
French
2 entries- bouton-poussoir noun (electrical switch)
- poussoir noun (electrical switch)
German
2 entries- Druckknopf noun (electrical switch)
- Druckschalter noun (electrical switch)
Hungarian
1 entries- nyomógomb noun (electrical switch)
Italian
1 entries- pulsante noun (electrical switch)
Malay
1 entries- butang tekan noun (electrical switch)
Polish
1 entries- przycisk noun (electrical switch)
Russian
1 entries- кно́пка noun (electrical switch)
Swedish
1 entries- tryckknapp noun (electrical switch)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nút bấm noun (electrical switch)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
This push-button phone turned out to be useful in its way.
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Some people speculate whether the next big war will be a "slow war" with troop deployment or a mechanical push-button "fast war." Some people note that at the "micro level," there is aggression, so at the "macro level," there will be also.
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push-button warfare
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