Synonyms of nuked

nuked

verb

past tense of nuke

as in destroyed

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 & Similar Words

• destroyed
• ruined
• demolished
• shattered
• wrecked
• devastated
• smashed
• damaged
• vaporized
• annihilated
• wasted
• pulverized
• decimated
• overcame
• razed
• extinguished
• eroded
• ravaged
• creamed
• marred
• desolated
• killed
• crippled
• crushed
• removed
• totaled
• wracked
• defeated
• blasted
• dismantled
• tore down
• rubbed out
• pulled down
• broke
• did in
• conquered
• licked
• disintegrated
• injured
• clobbered
• subdued
• trimmed
• whipped
• dissolved
• trounced
• spoiled
• thrashed
• harmed
• routed
• obliterated
• scotched
• mastered
• mangled
• mutilated
• eradicated
• deteriorated
• swept (away)
• bested
• disfigured
• impaired
• slaughtered
• gutted
• defaced
• won (against)
• assassinated
• wore (away)
• exterminated
• dynamited
• prevailed (over)
• scoured
• disassembled
• surmounted
• murdered
• looted
• expunged
• sacked
• triumphed (over)
• washed out
• overmatched
• beat
• zapped
• plundered
• blew up
• walloped
• pillaged
• trashed
• liquidated
• wiped out
• extirpated
• vandalized
• vitiated
• executed
• drubbed
• dispatched
• trampled
• massacred
• butchered
• despoiled
• undid
• blotted out
• skunked
• dilapidated
• stamped (out)
• cut down
• effaced
• took down
• rooted (out)
• killed off
• felled
• snuffed (out)
• unmade
• mowed (down)
• took out
• slew
• overbore
• unbuilt
• havocked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• built
• constructed
• erected
• raised
• repaired
• fixed
• created
• reared
• set up
• invented
• put up
• produced
• made
• manufactured
• assembled
• formed
• patched
• shaped
• established
• fabricated
• fashioned
• organized
• preserved
• protected
• saved
• forged
• constituted
• molded
• doctored
• brought about
• framed
• instituted
• founded
• revamped
• mended
• restored
• reconditioned
• rebuilt
• reconstructed
• fathered
• remodeled
• conserved
• renovated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nuked

Iran wants it as a deterrent to being nuked. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026

That bridge has been burned, detonated, destroyed, nuked, lasered to death. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026

But when fully mature, many seeds still won’t germinate because Mother Nature has trained many plant species to use one of several mechanisms to make sure the seeds don’t germinate in September/October only to get nuked by the onset of winter weather. — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Nov. 2025

In 2020, Republicans just nuked big chunks of their calendar and proclaimed their incumbent nearly by acclamation. — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025