What does nuke mean?

Definitions for nuke
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, thermonuclear warhead, nukeverb

    the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb

  2. nuke, atomize, atomise, zapverb

    strike at with firepower or bombs

    "zap the enemy"

  3. atom-bomb, nukeverb

    bomb with atomic weapons

  4. microwave, micro-cook, zap, nukeverb

    cook or heat in a microwave oven

    "You can microwave the leftovers"

Wiktionary

  1. nukenoun

    Something that negates - especially on a catastrophic scale. Destruction.

  2. nukenoun

    A microwave oven

    "Just put it in the nuke for two minutes and then eat it."

  3. nukenoun

    Nuclear electrical power generation station.

  4. nukeverb

    To use a nuclear weapon on a target.

    First they nuked Hiroshima, then Nagasaki.

  5. nukeverb

    To cook food or beverages in a microwave oven.

    I'll nuke some pizza for dinner.

  6. nukeverb

    To completely destroy.

    To try to hide his posting history on Usenet, he had his posts nuked from the Google archives.uE000110349uE001 (see also expunge)

  7. Etymology: Short form of nuclear (weapon).

ChatGPT

  1. nuke

    A "nuke" is colloquial term that typically refers to a nuclear weapon - a device that uses nuclear reactions to release a significantly large and destructive amount of energy. It can also refer to the process of attacking or destroying with a nuclear weapon. In a more casual or informal context, particularly in video games, it can mean to completely destroy or defeat.

Wikidata

  1. Nuke

    Nuke is a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Universe. The character first appears in Daredevil #232 and was created by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli. Nuke's most distinguishing feature is an American Flag tattooed on his face.

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. nuke

    [common] 1. To intentionally delete the entire contents of a given directory or storage volume. “On Unix, rm -r /usr will nuke everything in the usr filesystem.” Never used for accidental deletion; contrast blow away. 2. Syn. for dike, applied to smaller things such as files, features, or code sections. Often used to express a final verdict. “What do you want me to do with that 80-meg session file?” “Nuke it.” 3. Used of processes as well as files; nuke is a frequent verbal alias for kill -9 on Unix. 4. On IBM PCs, a bug that results in fandango on core can trash the operating system, including the FAT (the in-core copy of the disk block chaining information). This can utterly scramble attached disks, which are then said to have been nuked. This term is also used of analogous lossages on Macintoshes and other micros without memory protection.

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  1. NUKE

    What does NUKE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the NUKE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nuke in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nuke in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of nuke in a Sentence

  1. skyla:

    what did the nuke say to the other? let's nuke this area.

  2. Bob Menendez:

    The problem is we have gone from preventing a nuke in Iran to managing it.

  3. Melissa Hanham:

    If North Korea pulls out (an ICBM) everyone knows it'll be launched with a nuke, these little missiles you don't know, so it's hard to be prepared.

  4. Thom Tillis:

    They want to nuke the filibuster. Fifty-one votes to make a decision that could ultimately be to pack the courts. This is their stated goal, the only thing that … Supreme Court has its integrity … and the trust that [ Americans ] put into it.

  5. President Trump:

    Trump also threatens countries doing business with Iran under nuke deal - The Hill :.

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Translations for nuke

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  • lave mad i mikronDanish
  • planta nuclearSpanish
  • ydinase, tuhota, mikro, mikroaaltouuniFinnish
  • bombe atomique, anéantir, micro-onder, arme nucléaire, centrale nucléaire, micro-ondes, four micro-onde, atomiserFrench
  • 핵, 박살내다Korean

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