nuke

Example Sentences

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Anything short of that is merely kicking the nuke down the road.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Stopping the nuke would give them more time to gather intelligence, but we learn there’s only a 61% chance of intercepting it.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Musk realized that soon enough and tried to nuke the deal with specious arguments about bots and mismanagement.

From Slate • May 28, 2025

“The implicit message is not just: ‘We could nuke Los Angeles.’

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

His own term for this type of action was nuke.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston