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nukelike

nukelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a nuclear bomb.

Adjective

nukelike (comparative more nukelike, superlative most nukelike)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a nuclear bomb.
    • This post examines an element potentially even more frightening—partly because of its nukelike fury, partly because it might be perfectly legal to stockpile this weapon.2010 July 28, Sam Kean, “Hafnium: Building the Doomsday Device of Tomorrow”, in Slate

Forms of nukelike

comparativemore nukelike
superlativemost nukelike

Origin of nukelike

From nuke + -like.

Questions about nukelike

What does nukelike mean?
Nukelike means resembling or characteristic of a nuclear bomb.
What part of speech is nukelike?
Nukelike is an adjective.

Words near nukelike in the dictionary

  1. nuked
  2. nuked and paved
  3. nuked it from orbit
  4. nuked it out
  5. nuked the fridge
  6. nukelike
  7. nuker
  8. nukers
  9. nukes
  10. nukes and paves
  11. nukes it from orbit

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