English Explanatory Dictionary

nuke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A nuclear weapon.
  2. Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
  3. A nuclear power station.
  4. A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
  5. A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
  6. 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).
  7. A microwave oven.
verb
  1. To use a nuclear weapon on (a target).
  2. To destroy or erase completely.
  3. To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
  4. To maliciously destroy an online community or chat server (especially on Discord) by mass-deleting channels, roles, and messages, or by mass-banning members, often using an automated script or bot.
  5. To expose to some form of radiation.
  6. To cook in a microwave oven.
  7. To overanalyze or despair unduly over something.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of nuc (“nucleus colony of bees”).
noun
  1. Alternative form of nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”).
noun
  1. Alternative form of nook (“a corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land”).

Pronunciation

/njuːk/ /n(j)uk/ En-au-nuke.ogg

Word forms

nuke nukes nuking nuked

Etymology

Clipping of nuclear weapon. The verb is derived from the noun.

Synonyms

annihilate devastate obliterate destroy aerosolize atomize benothing bewreck blot out blotto dash decompose demolish desolate diffuse disintegrate disperse dissolve eliminate eradicate erase exterminate extinguish extirpate fordo fuck harry jazz lay waste level liquidate nuke overthrow overturn pull down pulverize race raze ravage ravel remove ruin ruinate stamp out total subvert unbreed unexist unmake uproot waste wipe out wipe off wreck

Derived words

antinuke backpack nuke McNuke micronuke nucular nukage nuke family nukelike nuke plant nukespeak nuke the fridge nukewar suitcase nuke tacnuke tac nuke tac-nuke truth nuke trvke nuke it from orbit nuker antinuker denuke nukable nukeable nuke and pave nuked nuke it out unnuke

Translations

Finnish: but see ydinalus
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