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nuke
[ nook, nyook ]
noun
- a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
- a nuclear power plant or nuclear reactor.
- nuclear energy:
to convert from coal to nuke.
adjective
- of or relating to a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon or to a nuclear plant.
verb (used with object)
nuked, nuking.
- to attack, defeat, or destroy with or as if with nuclear weapons.
- Slang. to cook or bake in a microwave oven.
nuke
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verb
- to attack or destroy with nuclear weapons
noun
- a nuclear bomb
- a military strike with nuclear weapons
- nuclear power
- a nuclear power plant
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of nuke1
First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening and respelling
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Schulz riffing on his infant resembling a Puerto Rican may be a tad more defensible than Hinchcliffe’s bigotry nuke at Madison Square Garden.
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What if we dropped every nuke at once?
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I live on the outskirts - but the nukes will hit central parts.
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The SNP had a dreadful 2024: nearly nuked in the general election by the rampant return of Labour in Scotland.
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Musk wrote on his X platform on Friday that he's "going to find out who's making these accusations and nuke them".
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