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83 lines
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{
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"nuke":{
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"antonyms":[
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"build",
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"construct",
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"erect",
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"put up",
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"raise",
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"rear",
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"set up"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a nuclear weapon":[],
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": a nuclear-powered electric generating station":[],
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": microwave":[],
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": to attack or destroy with or as if with nuclear bombs":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"a pretty sizable piece of real estate would be nuked if an asteroid struck",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"What would happen if a chemical weapon was dropped on Ukraine and/or a short-range tactical nuke ",
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"That\u2019s another reason to fear Putin\u2019s deployment of a tactical nuke would lead to the West retaliating. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"Consider a 1 megaton nuke , reportedly the size of a warhead on a modern Russian intercontinental ballistic missile. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"The administration of President George W. Bush withdrew the United States from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and doubled down on missile-defense spending in order to develop weapons capable of stopping an Iranian or North Korean nuke . \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
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"And Iran offers him the best opportunity not only to keep Tehran from getting a nuke but to do so in a way that might make Mr. Xi and Mr. Putin think twice about their own aggressive plans. \u2014 William Mcgurn, WSJ , 3 Jan. 2022",
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"Four decades later, China might be taking its own swing at the idea of a fractional, orbital nuke . \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
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"Israel got a nuke , and with the help of just about every other Western power, Israel has striven to be a state that does bad things to other people and not a state to which bad things happen. \u2014 Noah Kulwin, The New Republic , 24 June 2021",
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"In this case, the task involves cleaning out a Las Vegas casino vault before the government drops a nuke on the city to eradicate the zombie threat. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 13 May 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"That led to a three-hole playoff at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., between Thomas and Zalatoris, two wiry Americans who nuke golf balls despite their slight frames. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
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"Moscow has long threatened to nuke Britain during tense moments dating back to the 1956 Suez Crisis. \u2014 Michael Peck, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
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"Houck, the co-editor and co-publisher of Edible Alaska, said salmon is such a cook-friendly food that there\u2019s no need to nuke it. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"And Joe Manchin and his moderate colleagues seem unwilling to nuke the filibuster. \u2014 Patrick Caldwell, The New Republic , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"The \u00a3350 million Brexit bus causes a roadblock; former Tory Rory Stewart\u2019s awkward selfies are ready to print in Snappy Snaps; and Labour party leader Keir Starmer steels himself to nuke Geronimo the alpaca. \u2014 Will Pritchard, Wired , 13 Nov. 2021",
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"News that China has tested an orbital nuclear bombardment system has created fears that China could nuke America from space. \u2014 Michael Peck, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
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"Weirdly, the reheating instructions said to nuke it in the microwave on high for two minutes. \u2014 Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Sep. 2021",
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"In the span of a year when everyone\u2019s been on edge, prolific Mexican director Michel Franco managed to nuke our comfort zones not once, but twice, delivering separate provocations at back-to-back editions of the Venice Film Festival. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 5 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1958, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1962, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"by shortening and respelling from nuclear":"Noun",
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"derivative of nuke entry 1":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ny\u00fck",
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"\u02c8n\u00fck"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"annihilate",
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"cream",
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"decimate",
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"demolish",
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"desolate",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
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"do in",
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"extinguish",
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"pull down",
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"pulverize",
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"raze",
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"rub out",
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"ruin",
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"shatter",
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"smash",
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"tear down",
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"total",
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"vaporize",
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"waste",
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"wrack",
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"wreck"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052812",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |