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nuke

[ nook, nyook ]
/ nuk, nyuk /
Informal.
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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, nukĀ·ing.
to attack, defeat, or destroy with or as if with nuclear weapons.
Slang. to cook or bake in a microwave oven.
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Origin of nuke

First recorded in 1945ā€“50; by shortening and respelling

Words nearby nuke

nuisance ground, nuisance tax, Nuits-Saint-Georges, NUJ, Nu Jiang, nuke, nukes, nukespeak, NĆ¼-kua, Nukualofa, Nukus
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Words related to nuke

annihilate, bomb, destroy, eliminate, incinerate, kill, obliterate, bake, brown, heat, microwave, zap, atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb, neutron bomb, wipe out, warm up

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British Dictionary definitions for nuke

nuke
/ (njuĖk) slang /
verb (tr)
to attack or destroy with nuclear weapons
noun
a nuclear bomb
a military strike with nuclear weapons
nuclear power
mainly US a nuclear power plant
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