(US, euphemistic, military) The seizure, theft, or loss of a nuclear weapon.
(US, euphemistic, military) The seizure, theft, or loss of a nuclear weapon.
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(US, euphemistic, military) A significant incident with a nuclear weapon, nuclear components, or nuclear-bearing vehicle.
(US, military, historical) Any of a series of accidental nuclear events in the Cold War, involving nuclear weapons or warheads fallen from aircrafts, which could have triggered a nuclear war.
(chiefly, US, literal) To fire all of the cartridges in the magazine of an automatic or semi-automatic firearm.
(slang, derogatory, idiomatic, also, politics) An ineffective or incompetent person in a place of authority.
(chiefly, US, idiomatic, by extension) To speak vehemently, especially in an outraged, insulting, or threatening manner.