pro-nukeadj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)prəʊˈnjuːk/, U.S.

/ˌproʊˈn(j)uk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pro- prefix¹, nuke n.²

Etymology: < pro- prefix¹ + nuke n.² Compare earlier pro-nuclear adj.²

colloquial.

A. adj.

= pro-nuclear adj.²

ΚΠ

1975 Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 30 Nov. 8 b (headline) Pro-nuke view ignored?

1992 Rolling Stone 10 Dec. 135/2 The industries create phony front groups to lobby Congress with names like the Clean Air Working Group, the Council for Energy Awareness, which is pro-nuke, and others.

2004 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 1 June 2 He will pitch a pro-nuke message to the Americans.

B. n.

A person who advocates the use of nuclear weapons or power.

ΚΠ

1977 Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 27 June 1/5 Pro-nukes stage march.

1981 Times 2 Apr. 3/1 He said yesterday that he found it distasteful to be labelled by some Liberals as a ‘pro-nuke’.

1994 Nuclear News (Nexis) Oct. 60 Perhaps the time has come for a really frightening television program with a pronuke tossing back a gram of plutonium and an antinuke taking the same amount of arsenic, and seeing who makes it to the end of the show.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pro-nuke
释义	pro-nukeadj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)prəʊˈnjuːk/, U.S. /ˌproʊˈn(j)uk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pro- prefix¹, nuke n.² Etymology: < pro- prefix¹ + nuke n.² Compare earlier pro-nuclear adj.² colloquial. A. adj. = pro-nuclear adj.² ΚΠ 1975 Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 30 Nov. 8 b (headline) Pro-nuke view ignored? 1992 Rolling Stone 10 Dec. 135/2 The industries create phony front groups to lobby Congress with names like the Clean Air Working Group, the Council for Energy Awareness, which is pro-nuke, and others. 2004 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 1 June 2 He will pitch a pro-nuke message to the Americans. B. n. A person who advocates the use of nuclear weapons or power. ΚΠ 1977 Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 27 June 1/5 Pro-nukes stage march. 1981 Times 2 Apr. 3/1 He said yesterday that he found it distasteful to be labelled by some Liberals as a ‘pro-nuke’. 1994 Nuclear News (Nexis) Oct. 60 Perhaps the time has come for a really frightening television program with a pronuke tossing back a gram of plutonium and an antinuke taking the same amount of arsenic, and seeing who makes it to the end of the show. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1975
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