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nu⋅cle⋅ar⋅ize

  [noo-klee-uh-rahyz, nyoo- or, by metathesis, -kyuh-luh-]
Use nuclearize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
Also, especially British, nu⋅cle⋅ar⋅ise.

Origin:
1955–60; nuclear + -ize

Related forms:
nu⋅cle⋅ar⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun

Pronunciation note:
See nuclear.
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nu·cle·ar·ize   (nōō'klē-ə-rīz', nyōō'-)   
tr.v.   nu·cle·ar·ized, nu·cle·ar·iz·ing, nu·cle·ar·iz·es
To equip with nuclear weapons.
nu'cle·ar·i·za'tion (-ə-rĭ-zā'shən) n.
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