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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ArsTechnica, 27 May 2025
How Pakistan built its nukes The story of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program all but begins with A.Q. Khan, a metallurgist born in pre-partition India and raised in newly independent Pakistan.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 8 May 2025
Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
And if Netflix or any other streaming service has gotten stale, try nuking your view history and starting over.
—Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 20 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Slow nukes The heyday of nuclear plant construction in the US was in the 1970s and 80s.
—ArsTechnica, 27 May 2025
How Pakistan built its nukes The story of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program all but begins with A.Q. Khan, a metallurgist born in pre-partition India and raised in newly independent Pakistan.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 8 May 2025
Verb
Ocasio-Cortez looks very much like the candidate who could generate huge enthusiasm in a primary and then get nuked in a general election.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
And if Netflix or any other streaming service has gotten stale, try nuking your view history and starting over.
—Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Nuke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuke. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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