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denuke en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + nuke.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, transitive) Clipping of denuclearize.
    • There have been suggestions by a number of American neoconservative hawks to denuke Iran with “swift, massive, devastating force that decapitates the regime. 2014, Jahangir Amuzegar, The Islamic Republic of Iran: Reflections on an Emerging Economy:

Forms

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denukes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
denuked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
denuked Tense=Past lexicographic
denuking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic