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Nuke

/njuːk/

A nuclear weapon.

📖 Definitions of "Nuke"

noun
  1. 1

    A nuclear weapon.

  2. 2

    (by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.

  3. 3

    A nuclear power station.

  4. 4

    A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.

verb
  1. 1

    To use a nuclear weapon on a target.

    "If a nuclear war ever breaks out, military facilities are likely to be nuked first."

  2. 2

    To destroy or erase completely.

    "To try to hide his posting history on Usenet, he had his posts nuked from the Google archives."

  3. 3

    (by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).

  4. 4

    To expose to some form of radiation.

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