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tacnuke

tacnuke noun: a tactical nuclear weapon.

Noun

tacnuke (plural tacnukes)

  1. (slang) A tactical nuclear weapon.
    • Probably it would go as this: the Soviets attack with as little warning as possible in a holiday with a massive BC assault together with their mechanized wave. Maybe a tacnuke or two (or two dozens) are exchanged between WARPACT and NATO troops in Germany and Turkey (i'm thinking of the Thrace...2018 October 16, El_Presidente, “Reply to "WW3 in the late 80s: How long does the munition last?"”, in alternatehistory.com, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2021

Verb

tacnuke (third-person singular simple present tacnukes, present participle tacnuking, simple past and past participle tacnuked)

  1. (US, colloquial, transitive) To use a tactical nuclear weapon on a target.
  2. (US, colloquial, figuratively, transitive) To destroy or erase completely.

Forms of tacnuke

Noun
pluraltacnukes
alternative formtac-nuke
alternative formtac nuke
Verb
third-person singular presenttacnukes
present participletacnuking
past participletacnuked
pasttacnuked

Origin of tacnuke

Blend of tactical + nuke.

Questions about tacnuke

What does tacnuke mean?
Tacnuke means a tactical nuclear weapon.
What part of speech is tacnuke?
Tacnuke can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of tacnuke?
The plural of tacnuke is tacnukes.

Words near tacnuke in the dictionary

  1. taclobos
  2. tacmahack
  3. Tacna
  4. tacnode
  5. tacnodes
  6. tacnuke
  7. tacnukes
  8. taco
  9. taco bender
  10. taco benders
  11. taco bumper

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