noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
nuclear holocaust (= a nuclear war that destroys much of the Earth )
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With the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the possibility of a nuclear holocaust was greatly reduced.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
nuclear
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He realized that the world had changed and that each side was capable of destroying the other in a nuclear holocaust .
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Dance music that might survive a nuclear holocaust .
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The novel's apocalyptic ending takes on a universal dimension by being implicitly compared to a nuclear holocaust .
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Nuclear deterrence becomes nuclear holocaust when local wars get out of hand.
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Ironically it looked more like a scene from after the nuclear holocaust instead of a plea to prevent one.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dance music that might survive a nuclear holocaust .
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He realized that the world had changed and that each side was capable of destroying the other in a nuclear holocaust .
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In the final play Freedom to Party the holocaust is over, but the battles remain.
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Nuclear deterrence becomes nuclear holocaust when local wars get out of hand.
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On the following day Walesa visited the Yad Veshem memorial to the victims of the holocaust .