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backpack nukes

backpack nukes is the plural of backpack nuke.

Meaning of backpack nuke

Noun

backpack nuke (plural backpack nukes)

  1. Synonym of suitcase nuke.
    • The Pentagon may have the solution—the Backpack Nuke. Yes, campers, the largest hiking club in the western world—the U.S. Army—is now equipped with small, portable, lightweight nuclear devices that are guaranteed to clear any campground in microseconds.1985 May, Eric Pearlman, “Things to Come”, in Backpacker, volume 13, number 68, →ISSN, page 104
    Synonyms:
    suitcase nuke

Questions about backpack nukes

What is backpack nukes the plural of?
Backpack nukes is the plural of backpack nuke.

Words near backpack nukes in the dictionary

  1. backover
  2. backovers
  3. backpack
  4. backpack funding
  5. backpack nuke
  6. backpack nukes
  7. backpack rap
  8. backpack rapper
  9. backpack rappers
  10. backpackable
  11. backpacked

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