1
: a nuclear weapon
2
: a nuclear-powered electric generating station
nuked; nuking
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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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Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
Along the way, the North could fall apart, spewing conflict, nukes, and refugees northward.
—Doug Bandow, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2016
David Oliver, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
She’s had to fend off rumors that meteorologists should just use giant fans to blow the hurricane away or try nuking it.
—Lorena O'Neil, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Amazon joins the nuke party Amazon has become the third tech company in as many weeks to announce a massive nuclear investment to fuel the energy-sucking data centers that bring you generative AI.
—Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
Along the way, the North could fall apart, spewing conflict, nukes, and refugees northward.
—Doug Bandow, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2016
Verb
Then radiation nuked anything the chemo might have missed.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
She’s had to fend off rumors that meteorologists should just use giant fans to blow the hurricane away or try nuking it.
—Lorena O'Neil, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Nuke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuke. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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