1
: a nuclear weapon
2
: a nuclear-powered electric generating station
nuked; nuking
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Verb
a pretty sizable piece of real estate would be nuked if an asteroid struck
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
In a recent speech, Kim urged Washington to drop its demand for the North to surrender its nukes as a precondition for resuming diplomacy.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Steven T. Dennis, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
However, nuking the asteroid could potentially create problems.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Hollywood has arguably played a role in helping keep the world rightly terrified of nukes for the last 80 years.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
In a recent speech, Kim urged Washington to drop its demand for the North to surrender its nukes as a precondition for resuming diplomacy.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
Johnson raised concerns that nuking the filibuster could one day empower socialists, in an appearance on C-SPAN Thursday.
—Steven T. Dennis, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
However, nuking the asteroid could potentially create problems.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Nuke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuke. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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