Sekirov Dictionary

nuke

UK /njuːk/US /n(j)uk/

noun 8
verb 7
forms 3
phrases 2

noun8

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(informal) A nuclear weapon.
- I can buy nukes on the black market for $40 million each. — 2001
(informal) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
(informal) A spell, item or ability that does a large amount of damage over a short period of time.
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(US, informal) A nuclear power station.
- 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. — 1979
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(informal, rare) A microwave oven.
- Just put it in the nuke for two minutes and it will be ready to eat.
(US, informal) A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
(US, informal) A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
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(informal) 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).
- A nuke based on non existent rules or made up reasons can be undone – this is called and^([sic]) un-nuke. — 2009

verb7

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(informal) To use a nuclear weapon on (a target).
- If a nuclear war ever breaks out, military facilities are likely to be nuked first.
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(informal, figurative) To destroy or erase completely.
- He had his posts nuked from the Google archives.
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(Internet) 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.
- The Chaos Gang managed to get administrator permissions and nuke the entire server in seconds.
(US, informal) To expose to some form of radiation.
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(US, informal) To cook in a microwave oven.
- I’ll nuke some pizza for dinner.
(US, informal) To overanalyze or despair unduly over something.
(Internet) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).

forms

nuked · nuking · nukes

Phrases with nuke

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