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nuke
(no͞ok, nyo͞ok) Slangn.
1. A nuclear device or weapon.
2. A nuclear-powered electric generating plant.
tr.v. nuked, nuk·ing, nukes
1. To attack with nuclear weapons.
2. To heat in a microwave oven: "I obtained this soup by nuking one cup of water and mixing that with ... bouillon" (Judy Markey).
[Shortening and alteration of nuclear.]
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nuke
(njuːk)vb (tr)
to attack or destroy with nuclear weapons
n
1. a nuclear bomb
2. a military strike with nuclear weapons
3. nuclear power
4. chiefly US a nuclear power plant
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nuke
(nuk, nyuk)n., v. nuked, nuk•ing. Slang. n.
1. a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
2. a nuclear power plant or nuclear reactor.
v.t. 3. to attack with nuclear weapons.
4. to microwave.
[1945–50; by shortening and resp.]
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nuke
Past participle: nuked
Gerund: nuking
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| Noun | 1. |  nuke - the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bombatomic weapon, nuclear weapon - a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction |
| Verb | 1. |  nuke - strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy" |
| 2. |  nuke - bomb with atomic weapons | |
| 3. | nuke - cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the leftovers" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" |
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nuke
(sl)n
(US: = power plant) → Kern- or Atomkraftwerk nt
(= bomb) → Atombombe f
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