Nuclear vs Overkill - What's the difference?
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(biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.
* 2011 , Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2011, p. 17:
Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal.
Pertaining to the atomic nucleus.
Involving atomic energy.
Of a weapon: deriving its force from rapid release of atomic energy.
(literally) A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.
(idiomatic) An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal.
As a adjective nuclear
is (biology) pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.As a noun overkill is
(literally) a destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.As a verb overkill is
to destroy something with more (nuclear) force than is required.nuclear
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Adjective
(-)- However, the DNA in a bacterial cell is a single circular molecule and there is no separate nuclear compartment.
- a nuclear reactor
- a nuclear explosion
Usage notes
* The pronunciation .Geoffrey Nunberg, “[http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~nunberg/nucular.html Going Nucular”, 2002.Derived terms
* corticonuclear * nuclear age * nuclear airburst * nuclear aircraft * nuclear artillery * nuclear cataract * nuclear certifiable * nuclear certified * nuclear chain reaction * nuclear chemistry * nuclear cytoplasm * nuclear electric rocket * nuclear emulsion * nuclear energy * nuclear fallout * nuclear family * nuclear fission * nuclear force * nuclear fuel * nuclear-free * nuclear gene * nuclear halo * nuclear hardness * nuclear hazard * nuclear incident * nuclear inclusion body * nuclear intelligence * nuclear isomer * nuclear lamina * nuclear magnetic moment * nuclear magnetic resonance * nuclear magneton * nuclear material * nuclear matrix * nuclear nation * nuclear navy * nuclear notation * nuclear operator * nuclear ophthalmoplegia * nuclear option * nuclear Overhauser effect * nuclear parity * nuclear photonic rocket * nuclear physics * nuclear poison * nuclear power * nuclear quadropole resonance * nuclear radiation * nuclear reaction * nuclear reactor * nuclear sclerosis * nuclear sharing * nuclear technology * nuclear terrorism * nuclear testing * nuclear transfer * nuclear underground burst * nuclear underwater burst * nuclear vulnerability assessment * nuclear war * nuclear warfare * nuclear waste * nuclear weapon * nuclear winter * nuclear yieldReferences
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Noun
(-)- 24 hours of TV coverage of the US election verged on overkill .
- Should I give you yet more homework, or would that be overkill ?