1
: a nuclear weapon
2
: a nuclear-powered electric generating station
nuked; nuking
Examples of nuke in a Sentence
Verb
a pretty sizable piece of real estate would be nuked if an asteroid struck
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Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
Hezbollah was able to fire loads and loads of rockets at Israel without getting a nuke in response.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 26 June 2025
Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 July 2025
Within weeks, the U.S. nuked the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, hastening the end of World War II while killing more than 200,000 civilians.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
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Noun
Stunning as its execution was, the mission’s objective was to end Iran’s ability to make nukes.
—Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
Hezbollah was able to fire loads and loads of rockets at Israel without getting a nuke in response.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 26 June 2025
Verb
Criminal mastermind Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) plans to nuke the San Andreas fault, turning his cheaply acquired Californian housing empire into lucrative beachfront property in the process.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 July 2025
Within weeks, the U.S. nuked the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, hastening the end of World War II while killing more than 200,000 civilians.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
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“Nuke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuke. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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