noun A nuclear weapon.
- The film imagined a world where a rogue state got hold of a nuke.
- The countries met to discuss limiting the number of nukes in the world.
- A museum exhibit explains how a nuke works in simple terms.
noun Informal: a microwave oven.
- Just stick the leftovers in the nuke for two minutes.
- Someone left a fork in the nuke and it started sparking.
- The office kitchen has a nuke next to the sink.
verb To attack with nuclear weapons, or figuratively to destroy something completely.
- The general warned that the base could be nuked within hours.
- The update nuked all my saved settings.
- I accidentally nuked the folder instead of just moving a few files.
verb Informal: to heat food in a microwave.
- He nuked his coffee to warm it back up.
- She nuked the soup for a minute before sitting down to eat.
- I'll nuke a burrito while you set the table.
