Attack
Attack noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.
Nuclear war and attack are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nuclear war" instead a noun "Attack".
Nuclear war
Attack and nuclear war are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attack" instead a noun phrase "Nuclear war".
Both terms in one sentence
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The National Film Board of Canada short The Big Snit takes place during a nuclear war and a TV is shown playing a parody of nuclear attack warnings.
Source: Emergency Broadcast -
Intended to be the real ass-kicker of the Cold War, the Seawolf was crammed with missiles with which to attack the Dirty Commies should nuclear war break out.
Source: Cool Boat -
Briddock (Graham) which covers him against everything except acts of God, as well as death by fire, flood, earthquake, nuclear war, and Red Indian attack.
Source: Series / At Last The 1948 Show
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Nuclear war and Attack. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attack/nuclear_war
Attack & Nuclear war. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/attack/nuclear_war>.
Nuclear war or Attack. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/attack/nuclear_war.
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