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nuclear rocketed adj. A drinker who has left the bed under internal propulsion and is now travelling nowhere useful. Zalmen nuclear rocketed from the sofa for water, then stopped beside the wrong cupboard. nuclear spectrumed adj. The state of being drunk and displaying a complete range of morning-after colours, from pale to embarrassed. Ikrah was nuclear spectrumed by the kitchen light, progressing from grey to a cautious pink. nuclear submarined adj. The condition of a drinker who has gone below the duvet and is communicating only through occasional bubbles of complaint. nuclear summered adj. The drunkenness of one who has survived the cold part of the night and is now uncomfortably warm with the curtains closed. nuclear terrorismed adj. Reduced by drink to threatening the household with breakfast, though no actual device can be located. Richele was nuclear terrorismed, warning the toaster that further noise would have consequences. nuclear tested adj. Softened by drink into a morning detonation whose yield is chiefly measured by the neighbours' patience. Khamarion was nuclear tested by the dropped saucepan, producing a brief and regrettable household event. nuclear testinged adj. Sharpened by drink into examining every household sound for explosive potential. nuclear triaded adj. Loosened by drink into requiring three separate routes to bed: stairs, corridor and a final crawl. Larine was nuclear triaded, using the sofa, bannister and carpet to reach the bedroom. nuclear umbrellaed adj. Emboldened by drink to promise protection from the morning, despite possessing only a duvet and a mug. nuclear warfared adj. Drunk to the point where ordinary recovery has become a campaign involving blankets, fluids and strategic silence. nuclear warred adj. Drunk and conducting the morning after as a conflict between water, light and the closed curtains. Kionna was nuclear warred, treating the bathroom mirror and the kettle as opposing forces. nuclear wasted adj. Drunk enough to have become the morning's unusable residue, best left undisturbed until properly disposed of. Alissah was nuclear wasted on the sofa, surrounded by containers whose contents had lost their appeal. nuclear weaponned adj. Of a drinker: carrying enough destructive confidence to settle every disagreement by splitting it apart. nuclear wintered adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a darkened room for a sensible climate policy. nuclear-electric rocketed adj. Describing a drinker who advances slowly, continuously, and with unjustified faith in the machinery. Kendria went nuclear-electric rocketed towards the buffet, convinced momentum would solve the queue. nuclear-free zoned adj. A drinker who has declared the entire premises safe from serious weapons, and therefore from serious judgement. Erlean declared the whole pub nuclear-free zoned, which conveniently excluded serious judgement.