go nuclear (English, verb)
expansion: go nuclear (third-person singular simple present goes nuclear, present participle going nuclear, simple past went nuclear, past participle gone nuclear)
Senses:
glosses: To acquire nuclear weapons.
raw_tags: of a country
glosses: To start using nuclear technology.
glosses: To involve the use of nuclear weapons, especially in war.
glosses: To throw a fit; to become enraged with an angry outburst.
tags: figuratively
glosses: To escalate to an extremely high level of excitement or enthusiasm.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: goes nuclear
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: going nuclear
tags: participle
present
form: went nuclear
tags: past
form: gone nuclear
tags: participle
past