nuke

Meanings

Plural: nukes

Noun

• the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
• A nuclear weapon.
• Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
• A nuclear power station.
• A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
• A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
• A cautionary flag placed on a release to label it as "bad" for some reason or another (e.g., being a dupe of a previous release or containing malware).
• A microwave oven.
• Alternative spelling of nuc (“nucleus colony of bees”).
• Alternative form of nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”).
• Alternative form of nook (“a corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land”).

Verb

• strike at with firepower or bombs
• bomb with atomic weapons
• cook or heat in a microwave oven
• To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
• To destroy or erase completely.
• To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
• To expose to some form of radiation.
• To cook in a microwave oven.
• To overanalyze or despair unduly over something.

Synonyms

aerosolize, annihilate, atom-bomb, atomic warhead, atomise, atomize, benothing, bewreck, blot out, blotto, dash, decompose, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, diffuse, disintegrate, disperse, dissolve, eliminate, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fuck, harry, jazz, lay waste, level, liquidate, micro-cook, microwave, nuclear warhead, nuke, obliterate, pull down, pulverize, race, ravage, raze, remove, ruin, stamp out, thermonuclear warhead, total, unbreed, unexist, unmake, uproot, waste, wipe off, wipe out, wreck, zap