Nuke and Total

Nuke

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

Total and nuke are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Total" instead a verb "Nuke".

Nearby Words: nuked, nuking

Total

Total verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: a powerful hurricane totaled the house some years ago

Nuke and total are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nuke" instead a verb "Total".

Nearby Words: totaled, tot, totality, totaling, totalled

Both words in one sentence

  • Total Annihilation the Spiritual Predecessor to Supreme Commander, also has powerful nukes, and anti-nuke defenses.
    Source: You Nuke 'Em
  • Comic Book / B.P.R.D. Nuke 'em: The US military resorts to this against the Ogdru Jahad, launching every still-operable ICBM at it - nine in total.
  • Video Game / The World Ends with You Disc One Nuke: Eight total ranks of Faster Puck (easily achieved by equipping every character with Citrus Shorts and Purple Sneaks) makes the puck pass instantly.
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