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nuclear football

nuclear football noun: synonym of football (“the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President”).

Noun

nuclear football (plural nuclear footballs)

  1. Synonym of football (“the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President”)
    Synonyms:
    football

Synonyms of nuclear football

Forms of nuclear football

pluralnuclear footballs

Questions about nuclear football

What does nuclear football mean?
Nuclear football means synonym of football (“the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President”).
What part of speech is nuclear football?
Nuclear football is a noun.
What is the plural of nuclear football?
The plural of nuclear football is nuclear footballs.

Words near nuclear football in the dictionary

  1. nuclear family
  2. nuclear famine
  3. nuclear famines
  4. nuclear fission
  5. nuclear fissions
  6. nuclear football
  7. nuclear footballs
  8. nuclear force
  9. nuclear forces
  10. nuclear forensics
  11. nuclear fratricide

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