nuke

[ nook, nyook ]
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noun
  1. a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.

  2. a nuclear power plant or nuclear reactor.

  1. 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, nuk·ing.
  1. to attack, defeat, or destroy with or as if with nuclear weapons.

  2. Slang. to cook or bake in a microwave oven.

Origin of nuke

1
First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening and respelling

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British Dictionary definitions for nuke

nuke

/ (njuːk) slang /


verb(tr)
  1. to attack or destroy with nuclear weapons

noun
  1. a nuclear bomb

  2. a military strike with nuclear weapons

  1. nuclear power

  2. mainly US a nuclear power plant

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