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nuke

[nook, nyook]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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, nuking

to attack, defeat, or destroy with or as if with nuclear weapons.
Slang.��to cook or bake in a microwave oven.

nuke

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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

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SMRs, sometimes called "mini nukes", work on the same principle as large reactors, using a nuclear reaction to generate heat that produces electricity.

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"We nuked the Japanese twice in order to get unconditional surrender. That needs to be the same here."

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In August 2015, he posted on his Facebook page that "Islam has no place on this earth. One big nuke bomb needed".

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These smaller nukes have received so much attention in recent years mainly because modern reactors are so costly that the U.S. and Europe have all but stopped building any.

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Schulz riffing on his infant resembling a Puerto Rican may be a tad more defensible than Hinchcliffe’s bigotry nuke at Madison Square Garden.

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Nu Jiang nukes

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