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View definitions for nuke

nuke

noun as in nuclear weapon

verb as in attack with nuclear weapons

verb as in cook

Weak match

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Example Sentences

I happen to agree that the Iranian regime is repugnant and that we'd be much better off if they remain nuke-free.

Here we seem to have a case of nuke-washing (or radioactive cleansing, as it were), with two possible explanations.

In response to the revelation the Mormon Church had donated considerable cash to the cause, cries went up to “Nuke Utah.”

Or perhaps, this time, the North might not explode a nuke—it might sink another South Korea naval vessel, as it did in 2010.

Today as well, politicians from both parties simply assume that Iran is pursuing a nuke.

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On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to nuke, such as: a-bomb, h-bomb, atomic bomb, atomic weapon, doomsday machine, and hydrogen bomb.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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