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Definition of nuke
1 : a nuclear weapon
2 : a nuclear-powered electric generating station
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Recent Examples of nuke from the Web
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Even if Kim Jong Un cannot yet mount one with a nuke, his arsenal of chemical and biological weapons now has a longer reach—even, most experts agree, Hawaii or Alaska.
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Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 13, 2017 much worse – just look at Syria (red line), Crimea, Ukraine and the build-up of Russian nukes.
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Who among us hasn't had an embarrassing typo blow up while casually possessing the ability to launch ~750 nukes instantaneously at whatever.
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That underscores a chronic malady of American nukes—
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Gratitude is the tactical nuke of happiness and the cornerstone of long-lasting relationships.
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The nuke tests were behind some very strange sights in our skies, too.
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The fact that grave fears about Trump’s fitness for office are commonplace––for example, the fears about giving an erratic, easily baited bully with no foreign policy experience control over nukes—
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Throw some common ingredients (flour, baking soda, oil, milk, tomato sauce and cheese) into a mug, nuke for 90 seconds, and voila!
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Origin and Etymology of nuke
by shortening & alteration from nuclear
nuke
Definition of nuke
nuked
;nuking
transitive verb
1 : to attack or destroy with or as if with nuclear bombs
2 : microwave
Examples of nuke in a Sentence
a pretty sizable piece of real estate would be nuked if an asteroid struck
Recent Examples of nuke from the Web
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Thanks to @ProspectsNT @JessicaFastball @JDwyer312 #usc — Draft Prospectus (@DraftProspectus) June 4, 2017 Davidson just upset UNC in NCAA baseball tourney while Steph Curry is nuking the Cavs.
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Just this week, in fact, the president tweeted his enthusiasm for nuking the legislative filibuster.
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In a lot of ways, nuking the Supreme Court filibuster was a fait accompli.
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The United States' ceiling is much lower than Mexico's, meaning if Trump nuked NAFTA, Mexico could slap much higher tariffs on the United States than the United States could on Mexico.
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First Known Use of nuke
1962
NUKE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of nuke for English Language Learners
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: to attack or destroy (something) with a nuclear weapon
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: to heat or cook (food) in a microwave oven
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