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

/ njuːk /

verb

1. to attack or destroy with nuclear weapons

noun

1. a nuclear bomb

2. a military strike with nuclear weapons

3. nuclear power

4. a nuclear power plant

Word History and Origins

Origin of nuke¹

First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening and respelling

Example Sentences

Stopping the nuke would give them more time to gather intelligence, but we learn there’s only a 61% chance of intercepting it.

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"I thought we got nuked or something," Mr Rogers told the local newspaper.

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“I thought we got nuked or something,” said Rogers, 34.

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Unless they are prepared to nuke the filibuster, these proposals are dead.

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The former president also stated that Russia has "no intention" of giving nukes to Iran.

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