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Nuke
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Nuke
Informal; to delete the contents of a database or other set of information on a computer. Nuking is common when information is no longer relevant or may be used when information is sensitive or restricted.
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Tested in 1961 within the Arctic Circle, this Russian hydrogen explosive detonated with the force of 50 megatons - TEN TIMES the explosives used in World War II, including the nukes dropped on Japan.
THE BANG THAT KILLED BRUM; AFTERMATH OF NUKE ATTACK REVEALED by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Also, the good old Dear Leader would not part with his long-range ballistic missile system, Taepodong 2, that can deliver nukes at distant targets.
A North Korea Lesson for Iran by The Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA)
Our concern about nukes seems to apply only to our enemies and not to our friends.
See no nukes, hear no nukes by Peters, Charles / Washington Monthly
 
 
 
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