English

Nuclear explosion

Noun

nuclear holocaust ‎(plural nuclear holocausts)

1. The envisaged result of a nuclear war or nuclear accident, especially one involving widespread destruction of life and the environment.^[1]
2. the possibility of complete annihilation of human civilization by nuclear war.

Quotations

• “Iran’s pursuit of technology that could lead to nuclear weapons threatens to put a region already known for instability and violence under the shadow of a nuclear holocaust."...President George W. Bush in August 2007^[2]
• "At worst, fanatical tyrants who know that the future is against them may end their present course on their terms: a nuclear holocaust."...Reza Pahlavi on June 22, 2009^[3]

Synonyms

• Armageddon, apocalypse, catastrophe, disaster, end of the world, mutual assured destruction, World War III

Translations

References

1. ↑ New Shorter Oxford Dictionary, January 1997, Electronic Version 1.0.03.
2. ↑ Times Online. (2007). Bush raises the stakes over Iran bomb with warning of 'holocaust'
3. ↑ AFP: Police fire tear gas as Iran protesters defy Guards warning

• Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction, By Paul Brians, Professor of English, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

See also

• nuclear holocaust on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• day of reckoning, doomsday, end times, nuclear deterrent, nuclear winter