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nounbackpack nuke (plural backpack nukes)
plural backpack nukes
- Synonym of suitcase nuke.
The Pentagon may have the solution—the Backpack Nuke. Yes, campers, the largest hiking club in the western world—the U.S. Army—is now equipped with small, portable, lightweight nuclear devices that are guaranteed to clear any campground in microseconds.
1985 May, Eric Pearlman, “Things to Come”, in Backpacker, volume 13, number 68, →ISSN, page 104Synonyms: suitcase nuke
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of suitcase nuke.
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