nuclearization
/ˌnjuːklɪərʌɪˈzeɪʃn/(also nuclearisation)
noun
1The supply or acquisition of nuclear weapons to or by a nation or its armed forces.
2 Sociology. The restructuring of the family unit to its nuclear form.
Origin
1950s. From nuclearize + -ation.
- (as) dull as dishwater (or ditchwater)
- -ase
- ASEAN
- (as) easy as falling off a log
- (as) easy as pie
- as easy as winking
- (as) easy (or simple) as ABC
- a second thought
- aseismic
- asepsis
- aseptic
- aseptically
- asequia
- asexual
- asexualise
- asexuality
- asexualization
- asexualize
- asexually
- as far as
- as far as I can see
- as far as one can tell
- (as) fit as a fiddle
- (as) fit as a flea
- (as) flat as a pancake