nuclear war in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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nuclear [Am ˈn(j)ukliər, Brit ˈnjuːklɪə] ADJ

I.war [Am wɔr, Brit wɔː] N C or U

war
guerra f
during the (19)14-18 war
durante la guerra del 14
the War of Independence
la Guerra de la Independencia
First/Second World War, , World War I/II
Primera/Segunda Guerra Mundial
a holy war
una guerra santa
to be at war with sb/sth
estar en guerra con alguien/algo
to wage war
hacer la guerra
to declare war on sb/sth
declararle la guerra a alguien/algo
to go to war (with sb) (over sth)
entrar en guerra (con alguien) (por algo)
an act of war
un acto bélico or de guerra
the war on crime/poverty
la lucha contra la delincuencia/la pobreza
a war of nerves
una guerra de nervios
a war of words has broken out
ha empezado una discusión
the class war
la lucha de clases
to be in the wars you look as if you've been in the wars!
¡parece que vienes de la guerra!
war dead
muertos mpl de guerra
war refugee
refugiado m de guerra / refugiada f de guerra
war veteran
veterano m de guerra / veterana f de guerra

II.war <pres part warring; pt, pp warred> [Am wɔr, Brit wɔː] VB intr liter usu in -ing form

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nuclear war in the PONS Dictionary

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nuclear [ˈnju:kliəʳ, Am ˈnu:kliɚ] ADJ

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The library at my elementary school was the local fallout shelter, a place we were told to go in the event of nuclear war.
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Their cat has just chewed through the power cable for their television, so they don't notice that a nuclear war has begun.
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The band continued to expand their sound and explore themes of politics, consumerism, militarism, the threat of nuclear war and environmental issues.
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How come the nostalgia merchants haven't brought it back along with all the rest of the stuff from the 1980s, like leg-warmers and the threat of nuclear war.
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He also advocated positions such as opposing preemptive nuclear war.
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This system was, however, tremendously expensive, both in terms of natural and human resources, and raised the possibility of an accidental nuclear war.
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Man-made threats such as nuclear war or nanotechnology are harder to predict than natural threats, due to the inherent methodological difficulties in the social sciences.
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Most analysts agreed that once the first nuclear exchange had occurred, escalation to global nuclear war would likely become inevitable.
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These anthropogenic events could include catastrophic global warming, nuclear war, or bioterrorism.
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Lyrical topics on the album include horror motifs, the devastation of nuclear war and violent occult themes.
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