| 单词 | nuclear holocaust |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnuclear holocaust f. Envisaged to result from nuclear war, esp. as regards widespread destruction of life and of the environment, as nuclear annihilation, nuclear holocaust, etc. Cf. nuclear winter n. at Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > atomic or nuclear warfare > envisaged result of nuclear holocaust1954 the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [noun] > instance of > specific the (Spanish) Fury1576 Bartholomew1646 Amboyna massacre1654 final solution1947 nuclear holocaust1954 the Shoah1967 1954 N.Y. Times 31 May 12/2 We must continue with our efforts to achieve agreements which will truly be capable of saving the world from nuclear holocaust. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Feb. 53/2 Extinction by a nuclear holocaust is not the only palpable threat to Western civilization. 1958 New Statesman 22 Feb. 217/2 For it is increasingly doubtful whether Britain would accept nuclear annihilation if East Germany with Russian backing, crossed the Elbe. 1975 Polit. Sci. Q. 88 220 The land area over which a tactical nuclear war might be fought would be a nuclear wasteland of substantial proportions. 1991 Chron. Higher Educ. 20 Feb. a10/2 It was in that decade..that Americans had at once to acknowledge the despair arising from Hitler's atrocities and the possibility of nuclear annihilation. < as lemmas |
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