Definition of nuke
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:a nuclear weapon
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:a nuclear-powered electric generating station
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On July 4, after the North test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile that could potentially strike the continental U.S., leader Kim added a new caveat to his refusal to negotiate over its nukes or missiles.
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Drugs, nukes and animal operatives: Project MK-Ultra, the CIA’s infamous human mind control project, wasn’t the only thing that was going on in the ‘60s.
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Per your request, today’s Big Picture: NORTH KOREA: Lil’ Kim still shooting off ICBM’s & testing nukes.
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At the same time, the price of renewable technologies is collapsing and the abundance of shale gas offers a reasonably clean alternative to the generation of nukes that still supply large amounts of baseload power.
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On July 4, the Dear Leader supervised the launch of Pyongyang's first intercontinental ballistic missile, a weapon experts say demonstrates North Korea ability to lob nukes as far as Alaska.
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The collapse of the regime, on the other hand, would bring a set of unknowns – civil war, loose nukes, refugees flowing across the Chinese border, and US and South Korean troops on the Yalu River –
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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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The president took out his frustration on China Wednesday, suggesting in a tweet that the U.S. might not want to work with Beijing anymore to curb escalating tensions with North Korea on its nuke program.
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Origin and Etymology of nuke
by shortening & alteration from nuclear
Definition of nuke
Examples of nuke in a Sentence
a pretty sizable piece of real estate would be nuked if an asteroid struck
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For all that divides us as a nation today, this is our lingua franca, the sudden, unexpected, violent joy of seeing a dude getting nuked in the junk.
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North Koreans are not going to nuke the Americans out of the blue.
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Nor is North Korea’s Kim Jong Un going to nuke Guam.
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But Meadows was fully onboard, and presumably most of his HFC buddies would be as well, since nuking the filibuster would end the frustrating tyranny of Senate Democrats.
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That's equivalent to a full year and change of shaving everything first—an appointment prerequisite—and then nuking it.
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Watch Next: Kim Jong Un: Nuke-Wielding Madman or Astute Dictator?
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Maester Qyburn can bring back Gregor Clegane from the brink of death and nuke all Cersei’s enemies with wildfire and his big new invention is a crossbow?!
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When this happens, one of those sprays will help to nuke the smell.
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First Known Use of nuke
1962
nuke Synonyms
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, wreckAntonyms
build, construct, erect, put up, raise, rear, set upRelated 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, zapNear 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, restoreNUKE Defined for English Language Learners
nuke
verb
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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