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suitcase nukes

suitcase nukes is the plural of suitcase nuke.

Meaning of suitcase nuke

Noun

suitcase nuke (plural suitcase nukes)

  1. A portable tactical nuclear weapon.
    • Tactical nuclear weapons, known as “suitcase nukes”, are smaller than strategic ones and can be deployed at short range for battlefield use, though Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus's strongman leader, said this week that the warheads were three times more powerful than the bombs the US dropped on...[2023 June 17, Max Seddon, “Nuclear arms sent to Belarus, says Putin”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2
    Synonyms:
    backpack nuke, snuke, mini-nuke, pocket nuke

Questions about suitcase nukes

What is suitcase nukes the plural of?
Suitcase nukes is the plural of suitcase nuke.

Words near suitcase nukes in the dictionary

  1. suitably
  2. suitcase
  3. suitcase farmer
  4. suitcase farmers
  5. suitcase nuke
  6. suitcase nukes
  7. suitcased
  8. suitcaseful
  9. suitcasefuls
  10. suitcaselike
  11. suitcases

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