nuke

Meaning

Noun

1. (US, colloquial) A nuclear weapon.
2. (US, broadly, colloquial) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
3. (US, colloquial) A nuclear power station.
4. (US, colloquial) A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
5. (US, colloquial) A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
6. (US, colloquial) 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. (US, colloquial, rare) A microwave oven.

Verb

1. (US, colloquial, transitive) To use a nuclear weapon on (a target).
2. (US, colloquial, figuratively, transitive) To destroy or erase completely.
3. (Internet, US, broadly, colloquial, transitive) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
4. (US, colloquial, transitive) To expose to some form of radiation.
5. (US, colloquial, transitive) To cook in a microwave oven.
6. (US, colloquial, transitive) To overanalyze or despair unduly over something.

Synonyms

microwave

zap

⚡

nuclear weapon

atomise

atomize

atom-bomb

microwave oven

atomic warhead

nuclear warhead

micro-cook

thermonuclear warhead

destroy

destruct

devour

drag down

exterminate

interdict

key

🔑

kill

🔪🩸👤

knock out

nuclear bomb

obliterate

plunder

pulverise

raze

shipwreck

subvert

total

vandalise

vandalize

vaporize

wrack

atomic weapon

A-bomb

fission bomb

lay waste to

nuclear weapons

nuker

cut to ribbons

annihilate

atom bomb

atomic bomb

bake

bang up

blast

break

consume

cripple

desolate

Translations

bombe atomique

four micro-onde

micro-ondes

arma nuclear

Nuklearwaffe

atoombom

micro-onde

arme nucléaire

arme

φούρνος μικροκυμάτων

four à micro-ondes

Mikrowellengerät

forn de microones

Atombombe

Mikrowellenherd

Pronounced as (IPA)

/njuːk/

Etymology

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