nuke

Plural: nukes

Noun

• the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
• A nuclear weapon.
• Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
• A nuclear power station.
• A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
• A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
• A cautionary flag placed on a release to label it as "bad" for some reason or another (e.g., being a dupe of a previous release or containing malware).
• A microwave oven.
• Alternative spelling of nuc (“nucleus colony of bees”).
• Alternative form of nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”).
• Alternative form of nook (“a corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land”).

Verb

Verb Forms: nuked, nuking, nukes

• To attack or destroy with nuclear weapons; to microwave.
• strike at with firepower or bombs
• bomb with atomic weapons
• cook or heat in a microwave oven
• To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
• To destroy or erase completely.
• To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
• To expose to some form of radiation.
• To cook in a microwave oven.
• To overanalyze or despair unduly over something.

Examples

• His opponent tried to ’NUKE’ his score with a huge play, but he had a defensive move ready.
• If a nuclear war ever breaks out, military facilities are likely to be nuked first.
• I’ll nuke some pizza for dinner.
• Just put it in the nuke for two minutes and it will be ready to eat.
• To try to hide his posting history on Usenet, he had his posts nuked from the Google archives.

Synonyms

atom-bomb, atomic warhead, atomise, atomize, micro-cook, microwave, nuclear warhead, thermonuclear warhead, zap, aerosolize, annihilate, benothing, bewreck, blot out, blotto, dash, decompose, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, diffuse, disintegrate, disperse, dissolve, eliminate, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fuck, harry, jazz, lay waste, level, liquidate, nuke, obliterate, pull down, pulverize, race, ravage, raze, remove, ruin, stamp out, total, unbreed, unexist, unmake, uproot, waste, wipe off, wipe out, wreck

Anagrams of nuke