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nuclear-pulse rocketed adj. A drinker so far gone that each new idea requires an explosive push and leaves the room further behind. Cahner went nuclear-pulse rocketed and launched himself into an ill-considered toast. nuclear-thermal rocketed adj. The condition of a drinker who turns internal heat into forward motion and calls the resulting damage propulsion. nuclear-thermoelectric rocketed adj. The drunkenness of one who converts private heat into elaborate movement, with no useful destination. nucleared (/ˈnjuː.klɪə(ɹ)d/) adj. Slowed by drink to the steady, expensive pace of a power station awaiting its next load. Aniha was nucleared by last orders and required a carefully managed journey home. nucleariided adj. Softened by drink into extending fine, hopeful feelers towards every available object. Garnel went nucleariided and reached threadlike fingers towards the unattended pudding. nuclearisationed adj. Slowed by drink to the point where arming oneself with grand solutions seems a measured administrative act. nuclearismed adj. Sharpened by drink into advocating formidable technology as the answer to an increasingly ordinary evening. Teagin went nuclearismed and recommended reactors for the pub's persistent lighting problem. nuclearited adj. Loosened by drink into a small, forceful mass with ambitions far exceeding its ability to avoid impact. nuclearitied adj. Emboldened by drink to count the central figures in every gathering and appoint oneself the most important. Zela went nuclearitied and identified herself as the central atom of the birthday party. nuclearizationed adj. Drunk and arming every minor decision with disproportionate force. nucleased adj. Drunk to the point where every conversation is cleaved into smaller units before meaning can survive. nucleated adj. Drunk enough to form a dense central gathering around each new plan, however poorly considered. Jamontae went nucleated and attracted a crowd around the proposal to reorganise the jukebox. nucleationed adj. Drunk beyond the first small region of a phase change, with the rest of the evening expected to follow. Dariq went nucleationed and began a localised dance that soon altered the whole room. nucleatored adj. Drunk in a way that seeds a new phase of bad decisions wherever the person stands. Dudley went nucleatored and caused three otherwise sensible people to order matching hats. nucleic acid tested adj. Drunk since last orders, and testing every conversation for a familiar sequence before declaring the source identified. nucleic acided (/njuːˈkliː.ɪk ˈæsɪdd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that hereditary certainty is preserved, replicated, and loudly expressed at every table. Jessic went nucleic acided and transmitted the family opinion on parking to the entire restaurant.