nukelike

English

Etymology

nuke +‎ -like

Adjective

nukelike (comparative more nukelike, superlative most nukelike)

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a nuclear bomb.
   • 2010 July 28, Sam Kean, “Hafnium: Building the Doomsday Device of Tomorrow”, in Slate‎^[1]:

     This post examines an element potentially even more frightening—partly because of its nukelike fury, partly because it might be perfectly legal to stockpile this weapon.