Definition of go nuclear

go nuclear

verb

• to become enraged.

                                                                     
  
                                                                              
  
  Citation from "Chapter 9", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 3 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to become angry, go crazy, freak out.

  Last edited on Dec 19 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'to become angry, go crazy, freak out':
get a rise out of	Definitions include: to cause a person to become angry or aggravated.
wind up	Definitions include: to anger.
flip (one's) lid	Definitions include: to lose one's temper.
hissy fit	Definitions include: a tantrum.
sh*t Frisbees	Definitions include: freak out or go crazy.
freak	Definitions include: a person who is strange or different.
freak out	Definitions include: to react with extreme emotion.
tweak	Definitions include: to be under the influence of methamphetamine.
go b*tchcakes	Definitions include: to react with extreme emotion; freak out.
wild out on	Definitions include: to act in a crazy manner towards someone - e.g. yelling, beating.
crack up	Definitions include: to laugh hysterically.
get (one's) goat	Definitions include: to make a person angry.
go ape sh*t	Definitions include: become enraged; "freak out".
pushbutton panic	Definitions include: anxiety experienced before making a phone call, especially to a member of the opposite sex.
lose (one's) head	Definitions include: to become extremely angry.
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Other terms relating to 'go':
all systems go	Definitions include: completely ready.
BFFWEOAGSA	Definitions include: acronym for "best friends forever who eat out and go shopping a lot".
carry go	Definitions include: used to tell someone to stop messing with people.
fired up and ready to go	Definitions include: excited and ready to start.
from the get-go	Definitions include: from the beginning.
G2G	Definitions include: acronym for "got to go".
GAFK	Definitions include: acronym of "goes away from keyboard".
gazenta	Definitions include: "goes in to".
get-go	Definitions include: the beginning.
get (one) going	Definitions include: to get a person excited.
get (one's) gams going	Definitions include: to move one's legs.
GFU	Definitions include: acronym for "go fuck yourself".
GFY	Definitions include: acronym for "go fuck yourself".
GFYS	Definitions include: acronym of "go fuck yourself."
GG	Definitions include: acronym for "good game."
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Other terms relating to 'nuclear':
nuclear missile	Definitions include: extremely popular or exceedingly good at something.
nuclear option	Definitions include: an extremely drastic solution to a problem.

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