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nuclearize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nu-cle-arize
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To arm with nuclear weapons.

Transitive verb

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

nuclearizes (present, singular) nuclearizing (participle, present) nuclearized (participle, past) nuclearized (past)

Derived Forms

denuclearize nuclearization

Questions

What does nuclearize mean?
To arm with nuclear weapons.
Where does nuclearize come from?
Etymology tree English nuclear Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English nuclearize From nuclear + -ize.

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