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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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
The latest nuke tech is much safer than the old systems that had problems at Chernobyl or Three Mile Island.
—John Seiler, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 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
For that reason, researchers have put forth a number of possible plans for scientists to prevent a collision – the most prominent of which is to simply launch a bunch of nukes at the asteroid.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
The latest nuke tech is much safer than the old systems that had problems at Chernobyl or Three Mile Island.
—John Seiler, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 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 17 Oct. 2025.
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