NUCLEAR
NOUNS
► CHINA SYNDROME in nuclear engineering: a complete meltdown of fissionable material within the core of a nuclear reactor → 1970 Amer. sl.
► NOOK ► NUKE a nuclear bomb, missile, etc. → 1959 sl., orig. US
VERBS
► NOOK ► NUKE to bomb or destroy with nuclear weapons → 1967 sl.
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