nuking
- present participle of nuke.
Example Sentences
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“But I would not subscribe to the idea of nuking the Fed.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
His flawed hyperloop plan, for example, or nuking the Martian poles to create an atmosphere, or basically anything he’s promised about Twitter.
From Scientific American ● May 15, 2023
Players can freely control Zack in 3-D space, swinging his giant sword at a monster and dodging its attacks in between nuking it with magic spells.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
There are also better ways to profit off of Twitter’s power users than nuking the verification system.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2022
I was still fuzzy on why nuking grapes could cause a plasma ball.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
