noun
- nuclear weapons
Usage: informal
verb
- to attack or destroy with nuclear weapons
- to heat food in a microwave oven
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
Examples
- The treaty aimed to reduce the number of nukes worldwide.
- Several countries possess nukes as part of their defense strategy.
- The general threatened to nuke the enemy base.
- If diplomacy fails, they might nuke the entire region.
- Just nuke the leftovers for two minutes.
- I’ll nuke some popcorn before the movie starts.
- She nuked her coffee to warm it up again.