Nuke

Quick meaning: Nuke is a noun meaning A nuclear weapon.

Meaning

A nuclear weapon.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

Nukes Don't Pollute

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

Confronted with the threat of several nukes on the island, we soon realized that the Long Island Sound is being used as a massive cooling basin for nuclear reactors.

‘This, er, initiator of polonium and lithium, would it be used in an anti-personnel bomb?’ he asked. ‘Oh yes, you could say so, boyo,’ replied the Welshman. ‘An initiator, you see, is what sets off a nuke.’

Word Forms

• nukes
• nuking
• nuked

Synonyms for nuke

Depending on context, synonyms include annihilate, devastate, obliterate, destroy, aerosolize, atomize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include microwave, atomize, zap, bomb, warhead, bombing.

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