Hit
Hit verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Nearby Word: hitting
Nuke
Nuke verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Both words in one sentence
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Later, a straight example of this troupe is used, known as the Commculear, which is said to be a nuke that doesn't kill those hit, but instead, it brainwashes those hit into becoming communists.
Source: Fantastic Nuke - In space a nuke only a direct hit with a nuke would do any notable damage as there's no atmosphere to carry a shockwave or heat.
Source: Slap-on-the-Wrist Nuke -
Except instead of redshirts, it's an entire battlefield filled with most of the superhuman characters in the DC universe which gets hit with a nuke.
Source: Everybody's Dead, Dave
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