nukeverb [ T ]
uk/njuːk/us/nuːk/informal to bomb somewhere with nuclear weapons:
The two countries were threatening to nuke each other.
mainly US informal to heat or cook something in a microwave oven
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Detonation & bombardment
- air raid
- airstrike
- blanket bombing
- blitz
- blitz
- detonator
- direct hit
- dive-bomb
- firebomb
- first strike
- go off
- let loose sth idiom
- mine
- shoot
- shoot sth down
- shooting
- strafe
- strike
- strike home idiom
- torpedo
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Preparing food using heat
nukenoun [ C ]
uk/njuːk/us/nuːk/informala nuclear weapon:
"No nukes here!" the banner read.
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Bombs & missiles
- atom bomb
- ballistic
- ballistic missile
- ballistics
- bomblet
- firebomb
- frag bomb
- fragmentation bomb
- grenade
- guided missile
- minefield
- missile
- Molotov cocktail
- mushroom cloud
- napalm
- smart bomb
- smoke bomb
- surface-to-air missile
- time bomb
- torpedo
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