US /nuk/ UK /njuːk/
verb noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to attack with nuclear weapons; (informal) to heat in a microwave

    He nuked the leftovers for two minutes and ate at his desk.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to attack with nuclear... bombmicrowaveobliterateannihilatezapdestroy
Word family
Derived forms nukednuking
Related forms nuclearnucleus

Etymology

A clipping of nuclear (or nuclear weapon), from Latin nucleus ('kernel'), diminutive of nux ('nut'). The microwave sense is jocular slang.

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