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
Wreck
Wreck verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: most of the furniture on the ground floor was wrecked by the floodwaters
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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DeVoe figures out that the train wreck was a hijacking because satellite photographs show men abandoning a second train about to collide with it - but not the one with the nuke, as everyone on it was already dead in a hijacking.
Source: Film / The Peacemaker -
Unless you can find the Nuke power up somewhere near your starting position which can be used to wreck it in one shot, provided that you yourself stay clear from the explosion...
Source: Awesome Personnel Carrier
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