Synonyms of nuke

nuke

verb

as in to destroy

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

a pretty sizable piece of real estate would be nuked if an asteroid struck

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroy
• demolish
• ruin
• devastate
• shatter
• wreck
• smash
• damage
• vaporize
• waste
• overcome
• annihilate
• pulverize
• decimate
• raze
• kill
• extinguish
• cream
• ravage
• erode
• desolate
• cripple
• tear down
• pull down
• total
• crush
• mar
• dismantle
• blast
• rub out
• defeat
• remove
• break
• injure
• subdue
• best
• lick
• conquer
• wrack
• do in
• spoil
• disintegrate
• dynamite
• master
• dissolve
• mutilate
• harm
• win (against)
• thrash
• whip
• obliterate
• scotch
• assassinate
• triumph (over)
• prevail (over)
• beat
• impair
• mangle
• trim
• clobber
• rout
• eradicate
• blow up
• sweep (away)
• slaughter
• wear (away)
• exterminate
• wash out
• sack
• disfigure
• loot
• wipe out
• deface
• deteriorate
• zap
• surmount
• undo
• disassemble
• trounce
• execute
• expunge
• liquidate
• vitiate
• overmatch
• cut down
• pillage
• scour
• murder
• plunder
• blot out
• slay
• wallop
• take down
• extirpate
• unmake
• gut
• drub
• havoc
• dispatch
• massacre
• trash
• mow (down)
• stamp (out)
• skunk
• butcher
• kill off
• overbear
• despoil
• fell
• trample
• vandalize
• unbuild
• efface
• snuff (out)
• take out
• root (out)
• dilapidate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• build
• construct
• raise
• set up
• repair
• patch
• erect
• create
• fix
• put up
• rear
• produce
• make
• manufacture
• invent
• form
• assemble
• mend
• forge
• protect
• establish
• save
• shape
• found
• fabricate
• organize
• constitute
• bring about
• institute
• revamp
• fashion
• preserve
• frame
• mold
• doctor
• rebuild
• recondition
• conserve
• restore
• reconstruct
• father
• remodel
• renovate