nuclearize

nuclearize

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English nuclear
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English nuclearize

    From nuclear + -ize.

    Verb

    nuclearize (third-person singular simple present nuclearizes, present participle nuclearizing, simple past and past participle nuclearized)

    1. (transitive) To arm with nuclear weapons.

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