1
: a nuclear weapon
2
: a nuclear-powered electric generating station
nuked; nuking
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Verb
a pretty sizable piece of real estate would be nuked if an asteroid struck
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Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
Amid the stalemate in larger nuclear negotiations with Washington, Kim has been dialing up pressure on South Korea, abandoning his country’s long-standing goal of inter-Korean reconciliation and verbally threatening to attack the South with nukes if provoked.
—Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Daniel R. Russel, Foreign Affairs, 12 June 2018
The big picture: Manchin served as a serious check on President Biden's congressional plans — blocking efforts to nuke the filibuster and forcing a spending limit on the Build Back Better plan.
—Justin Green, Axios, 27 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Bomb kills Russian nuke commander A Russian general accused of using chemical weapons in Ukraine was killed Tuesday by what officials described as a bomb hidden in a scooter outside a Moscow apartment building.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
Amid the stalemate in larger nuclear negotiations with Washington, Kim has been dialing up pressure on South Korea, abandoning his country’s long-standing goal of inter-Korean reconciliation and verbally threatening to attack the South with nukes if provoked.
—Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
South Koreans, who would bear the brunt of U.S. retaliation, were skittish about a military option even when Kim was threatening to nuke them over the deployment of the missile defense system known as Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD.
—Daniel R. Russel, Foreign Affairs, 12 June 2018
The big picture: Manchin served as a serious check on President Biden's congressional plans — blocking efforts to nuke the filibuster and forcing a spending limit on the Build Back Better plan.
—Justin Green, Axios, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Nuke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuke. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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