Distracted
Distracted adjective - Feeling overwhelming fear or worry.
Usage example: she's been distracted about her son ever since he left on that polar expedition
Nuclear and distracted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nuclear" instead an adjective "Distracted".
Nuclear
Nuclear adjective - Constituting or like a nucleus.
Distracted and nuclear are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distracted" instead an adjective "Nuclear".
Nearby Words: nucleus, nuclearization
Both words in one sentence
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In the Canadian animated short film The Big Snit, the protagonist couple fail multiple spot checks regarding the nuclear war that has broken out while they were distracted by their own differences.
Source: Failed a Spot Check - A bridge game is used to show, if somewhat indirectly, several of the main characters being distracted by other things (like, say, the preludes to an ultimately non-nuclear World War III), in the Tom Clancy novel Red Storm Rising.
Source: Tabletop Game / Bridge
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