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nuke

[ nook, nyook ]

noun

  1. a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
  2. a nuclear power plant or nuclear reactor.
  3. nuclear energy:

    to convert from coal to nuke.



adjective

  1. of or relating to a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon or to a nuclear plant.

verb (used with object)

nuked, nuking.
  1. to attack, defeat, or destroy with or as if with nuclear weapons.
  2. Slang. to cook or bake in a microwave oven.

nuke

/ ²ÔÂá³ÜË°ì /

verb

  1. to attack or destroy with nuclear weapons
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a nuclear bomb
  2. a military strike with nuclear weapons
  3. nuclear power
  4. a nuclear power plant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of nuke1

First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening and respelling
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