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English

Etymology
Short form of nuclear (weapon).

Pronunciation
IPA|/nju:k/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�k|-u�k

Noun
en-noun

1. nuclear weapon|Nuclear weapon.

#:"I can buy nukes on the black market for $40 million each" - John Travolta in the movie Swordfish.

1. Something that negates - especially on a catastrophic scale. Destruction.
2. A microwave oven. (US slang)

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

1. Nuclear electrical power generation station.<ref> http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?nuke </ref>

Verb
en-verb|nuk|ing

1. To use a nuclear weapon on a target.

#:First they nuked Hiroshima, then Nagasaki.

1. colloquial To cook food or beverages in a microwave oven.

#:I'll nuke some pizza for dinner.

1. colloquial To completely destroy.

#:To try to hide his posting history on Usenet, he had his posts nuked from the Google archives.<ref> http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?nuke </ref> (see also expunge)
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