nuke

¹nuke

noun \ˈnük, ˈnyük\

Definition of NUKE

1

: a nuclear weapon

2

: a nuclear-powered electric generating station

Origin of NUKE

by shortening & alteration from nuclear

First Known Use: 1959

Rhymes with NUKE

cuke, duke, fluke, gook, juke, kook, Luke, Nuuk, puke, snook, souk, spook, tuque, uke, yeuk, zouk

²nuke

transitive verb

nukednuk·ing

Definition of NUKE

1

: to attack or destroy with or as if with nuclear bombs

2

: microwave

Examples of NUKE

1. <a pretty sizable piece of real estate would be nuked if an asteroid struck>

First Known Use of NUKE

1967

Related to NUKE

Synonyms

annihilate, cream, decimate, demolish, desolate, devastate, do in, extinguish, destroy, pull down, pulverize, raze, rub out, ruin, shatter, smash, tear down, total, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreck

Antonyms

build, construct, erect, put up, raise, rear, set up

Related Words

beat, best, clobber, conquer, crush, defeat, drub, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), rout, scotch, skunk, subdue, surmount, thrash, trim, triumph (over), trounce, wallop, whip, win (against); blast, blow up, break, cripple, damage, deface, deteriorate, disfigure, disintegrate, dissolve, dynamite, harm, impair, injure, mangle, mar, mutilate, spoil, vitiate; erode, scour, sweep (away), wash out, wear (away); dilapidate, disassemble, dismantle, gut, take down, unbuild, undo, unmake; blot out, efface, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out), snuff (out), stamp (out), wipe out; despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ravage, sack, trample, trash, vandalize; assassinate, butcher, cut down, dispatch, execute, fell, kill, kill off, massacre, mow (down), murder, slaughter, slay, take out, zap

Near Antonyms

doctor, fix, mend, patch, recondition, repair, revamp; create, invent; assemble, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, mold, produce, shape; bring about, constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize; conserve, preserve, protect, save; rebuild, reconstruct, remodel, renovate, restore