Nuke | Definition of nuke by Merriam-Webster

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1

: a nuclear weapon

2

: a nuclear-powered electric generating station

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Origin of NUKE

by shortening & alteration from nuclear

First Known Use: 1959

Rhymes with NUKE

cuke, duke, fluke, gook, juke, kook, Luke, Nuuk, puke, snook, souk, spook, tuque, uke, yeuk, zouk

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transitive verb

1

: to attack or destroy with or as if with nuclear bombs

2

: microwave

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First Known Use of NUKE

1967

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

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

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