Blow up and Nuke

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Blow up verb - To become very angry.

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Nuke and blow up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nuke" instead a verb "Blow up".

Nuke verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.

Usage example: a pretty sizable piece of real estate would be nuked if an asteroid struck

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Blow up and nuke are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Blow up" instead a verb "Nuke".

Nearby Words: nuked, nuking

In Injustice: Gods Among Us, we learn that Superman starts his takeover of the world after the Joker tricks Supes into killing Lois and his unborn child, leading to the hidden Dead Man's Switch in her to activate a nuke and blow up Metropolis.

Source: Start of Darkness
A mega-nuke called Horizon and was described as a 1.2 giga-ton Phlebotinum enhanced nuke used to blow up a whole continent of Replicator cities.

Source: Deus Ex Nukina
The Fat Man is a recurring portable nuke catapult which launches mini nukes to blow up whatever you want.

Source: You Nuke 'Em

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