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The correct spelling is nuke.
How to pronounce nuke
/njuːk/
nounIPA: /njuːk/
Say it like: Nuk-e
The correct spelling is nuke. A nuclear weapon. For example: "Just put it in the nuke for two minutes and it will be ready to eat."
Usage Examples
“Just put it in the nuke for two minutes and it will be ready to eat.”
“If a nuclear war ever breaks out, military facilities are likely to be nuked first.”
“To try to hide his posting history on Usenet, he had his posts nuked from the Google archives.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A nuclear weapon.
- 2.(by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
- 3.A nuclear power station.
- 4.A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
- 5.A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
verb
- 1.To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
- 2.To destroy or erase completely.
- 3.(by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
- 4.To expose to some form of radiation.
- 5.To cook in a microwave oven.
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