1. heating food in a microwave oven
Usage: informal
2. attacking with nuclear weapons
Usage: informal
3. completely destroying or eliminating something
Usage: informal

Examples

• I’m nuking my leftover pizza for lunch.
• Just nuke the soup for two minutes.
• The country threatened to start nuking its enemies.
• The virus is nuking all the files on my computer.
• They’re nuking the old building next week.
• Stop nuking your vegetables – they lose all their nutrients.