| 单词 | to go nuclear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go nuclear 6. to go nuclear: (a) to acquire nuclear weapons; to resort to the use of nuclear weapons; (b) figurative to take the strongest measures available; (also) to become extremely angry. ΚΠ 1967 Listener 11 May 607/2 The decision of certain powers to go nuclear would have the effect of making endemic regional conflicts totally insoluble. 1970 Sci. Jrnl. Aug. 3/3 It is not the fact that we are going nuclear that should give us pause. 1988 Washington Post 26 June c1/3 America seems ready to go nuclear in its war on drugs. 1989 Newsweek 9 Jan. Don't go nuclear. You can deal with things more rationally. 1991 Economist 21 Dec. 73/2 Mr Hussein might have got away with his invasion had he been able to threaten, credibly, to go nuclear. 2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze xii. 129 The phone rang. Dave snatched it from its cradle and went nuclear in seconds. ‘What? That is bollocks.’ < as lemmas |
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