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nuke
Definition of nuke (Entry 2 of 2)
transitive verb
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Synonyms: Verb
annihilate, cream, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, extinguish, pull down, pulverize, raze, rub out, ruin, shatter, smash, tear down, total, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreck
Antonyms: Verb
build, construct, erect, put up, raise, rear, set up
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Noun
1958, in the meaning defined at sense 1
1962, in the meaning defined at sense 1
by shortening and respelling from nuclear
derivative of nuke entry 1
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