Synonyms of nuking

nuking

verb

present participle of nuke

as in destroying

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

• destroying
• demolishing
• ruining
• wrecking
• shattering
• devastating
• smashing
• damaging
• overcoming
• wasting
• annihilating
• vaporizing
• pulverizing
• extinguishing
• decimating
• razing
• eroding
• killing
• ravaging
• marring
• creaming
• removing
• defeating
• dismantling
• crippling
• blasting
• crushing
• breaking
• totaling
• tearing down
• pulling down
• wracking
• subduing
• doing in
• conquering
• desolating
• licking
• injuring
• dissolving
• whipping
• disintegrating
• trimming
• clobbering
• spoiling
• rubbing out
• harming
• mastering
• mutilating
• impairing
• eradicating
• mangling
• obliterating
• dynamiting
• beating
• defacing
• slaughtering
• routing
• assassinating
• exterminating
• thrashing
• prevailing (over)
• winning (against)
• scouring
• deteriorating
• disfiguring
• surmounting
• murdering
• gutting
• wearing (away)
• undoing
• besting
• disassembling
• expunging
• plundering
• walloping
• vitiating
• sweeping (away)
• extirpating
• trouncing
• vandalizing
• triumphing (over)
• zapping
• looting
• executing
• liquidating
• sacking
• trashing
• scotching
• pillaging
• massacring
• despoiling
• blowing up
• overmatching
• wiping out
• washing out
• slaying
• effacing
• dispatching
• trampling
• butchering
• drubbing
• taking down
• unmaking
• cutting down
• blotting out
• overbearing
• skunking
• stamping (out)
• mowing (down)
• unbuilding
• killing off
• rooting (out)
• taking out
• snuffing (out)
• dilapidating
• felling
• havocking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• building
• constructing
• raising
• erecting
• repairing
• creating
• fixing
• making
• setting up
• rearing
• producing
• inventing
• putting up
• forming
• shaping
• establishing
• assembling
• manufacturing
• forging
• protecting
• patching
• organizing
• preserving
• saving
• fashioning
• revamping
• framing
• fabricating
• instituting
• molding
• mending
• doctoring
• constituting
• founding
• reconditioning
• bringing about
• conserving
• restoring
• rebuilding
• reconstructing
• remodeling
• fathering
• renovating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nuking

The moon briefly had a small chance of taking a hit from the asteroid during its close approach in 2032 – prompting one team of scientists to propose simply nuking the space rock. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026

But there’s a cleverness to how AdHoc’s writing team has managed to give the player a sense of control without completely nuking the story. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025

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