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nuke

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Synonyms & Antonyms of nuke

to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

a pretty sizable piece of real estate would be nuked if an asteroid struck

Synonyms for nuke

annihilate,
cream,
decimate,
demolish,
desolate,
destroy,
devastate,
do in,
extinguish,
pull down,
pulverize,
raze,
rub out,
ruin,
shatter,
smash,
tear down,
total,
vaporize,
waste,
wrack,
wreck

Words Related to nuke

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,
zap

Near Antonyms for nuke

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,
restore

Antonyms for nuke

build,
construct,
erect,
put up,
raise,
rear,
set up

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