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antinuke

American  
[an-tee-nook, -nyook, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˈnuk, -ˈnyuk, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

  1. antinuclear.


noun

  1. Also antinuker. a person who supports antinuclear programs.

Etymology

Origin of antinuke

First recorded in 1970–75; anti- + nuke

Example Sentences

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“People always look at us and roll their eyes and say ‘Oh, those are the antinuke kooks,’ and that’s just patently unfair,” Ms. Becker said.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2011

Hall even wrote "Power," the song that became the anthem of the antinuke movement, as this 1979 concert with Brown and others attests.

From Forbes • Apr. 27, 2010

The new study, says Randall Kehler, national coordinator of the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, "cannot be written off as the rhetoric of antinuke activists."

From Time Magazine Archive

A woman operative joined the Committee on Nuclear Information, an antinuke group, eventually becoming its president.

From Time Magazine Archive

Environmentalists and antinuke organizations applauded the moves, although some felt Carter should have killed the breeder program outright instead of merely changing its emphasis to breeders that do not use plutonium.

From Time Magazine Archive

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