1
: a nuclear weapon
2
: a nuclear-powered electric generating station
nuked; nuking
Examples of nuke in a Sentence
Verb
a pretty sizable piece of real estate would be nuked if an asteroid struck
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Barak Ravid, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
China has built a large research center that could boost its nuclear weapons development, according to satellite imagery, adding to Beijing's rapid nuke expansion.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 20 Mar. 2025
The art page of the current Marvel artists where these images were found has been nuked, but they are being endlessly replicated and spread across the internet at this point.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Khamenei adviser and former parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani stressed that if the U.S. bombs Iran's nuclear facilities, Iranian public opinion will press the government to change its policy and develop a nuke.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
China has built a large research center that could boost its nuclear weapons development, according to satellite imagery, adding to Beijing's rapid nuke expansion.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
And if Netflix or any other streaming service has gotten stale, try nuking your view history and starting over.
—Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 20 Mar. 2025
The art page of the current Marvel artists where these images were found has been nuked, but they are being endlessly replicated and spread across the internet at this point.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Nuke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuke. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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