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nuke
[ nook, nyook ]
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, nuk·ing.
- to attack, defeat, or destroy with or as if with nuclear weapons.
- Slang. to cook or bake in a microwave oven.
nuke
/ njuːk /
verb
- to attack or destroy with nuclear weapons
noun
- a nuclear bomb
- a military strike with nuclear weapons
- nuclear power
- a nuclear power plant
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nuke1
First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening and respelling
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Example Sentences
I happen to agree that the Iranian regime is repugnant and that we'd be much better off if they remain nuke-free.
From The Daily Beast
Here we seem to have a case of nuke-washing (or radioactive cleansing, as it were), with two possible explanations.
From The Daily Beast
In response to the revelation the Mormon Church had donated considerable cash to the cause, cries went up to “Nuke Utah.”
From The Daily Beast
Or perhaps, this time, the North might not explode a nuke—it might sink another South Korea naval vessel, as it did in 2010.
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Today as well, politicians from both parties simply assume that Iran is pursuing a nuke.
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