nuke

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /njuːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /n(j)uk/
• Rhymes: -uːk
• Homophones: neuk, nuc
• Hyphenation: nuke

Clipping of nuc(lear weapon).[1] The verb is derived from the noun.[2]

nuke (plural nukes)

1. (chiefly US, colloquial) A nuclear weapon.
   • 2001, John Travolta as Gabriel Shear, Swordfish, written by Skip Woods:

     I can buy nukes on the black market for $40 million each.

2. (chiefly US, colloquial, by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
3. (chiefly US, nautical, colloquial) A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
4. (chiefly US, colloquial) A nuclear power station.
5. (chiefly US, colloquial) A microwave oven.

   Just put it in the nuke for two minutes and it will be ready to eat.

• antinuke
• micronuke
• nukage
• nukespeak

nuke (third-person singular simple present nukes, present participle nuking, simple past and past participle nuked)

1. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To use a nuclear weapon on a target.

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

2. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial, figuratively) To destroy or erase completely.

   Synonyms: annihilate, devastate, obliterate; see also Thesaurus:destroy

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

3. (transitive, Internet slang, by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
4. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To expose to some form of radiation.
5. (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To cook in a microwave oven.

   I’ll nuke some pizza for dinner.

Clipping of nuc(leus).

nuke (plural nukes)

1. Alternative spelling of nuc (“nucleus colony of bees”)

• nuke (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• neuk, unke