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nuke

(no͞ok, nyo͞ok) Slang

1. A nuclear device or weapon.

2. A nuclear-powered electric generating plant.

tr.v. nuked, nuk·ing, nukes

1. To attack with nuclear weapons.

2. To heat in a microwave oven: "I obtained this soup by nuking one cup of water and mixing that with ... bouillon" (Judy Markey).

[Shortening and alteration of nuclear.]

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nuke

(njuːk)

vb (tr)

to attack or destroy with nuclear weapons

1. a nuclear bomb

2. a military strike with nuclear weapons

3. nuclear power

4. chiefly US a nuclear power plant

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nuke

(nuk, nyuk)

n., v. nuked, nuk•ing. Slang. n.

1. a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.

2. a nuclear power plant or nuclear reactor.

v.t.

3. to attack with nuclear weapons.

4. to microwave.

[1945–50; by shortening and resp.]

nuke

Past participle: nuked
Gerund: nuking

Imperative
nuke
nuke

Present
I nuke
you nuke
he/she/it nukes
we nuke
you nuke
they nuke

Preterite
I nuked
you nuked
he/she/it nuked
we nuked
you nuked
they nuked

Present Continuous
I am nuking
you are nuking
he/she/it is nuking
we are nuking
you are nuking
they are nuking

Present Perfect
I have nuked
you have nuked
he/she/it has nuked
we have nuked
you have nuked
they have nuked

Past Continuous
I was nuking
you were nuking
he/she/it was nuking
we were nuking
you were nuking
they were nuking

Past Perfect
I had nuked
you had nuked
he/she/it had nuked
we had nuked
you had nuked
they had nuked

Future
I will nuke
you will nuke
he/she/it will nuke
we will nuke
you will nuke
they will nuke

Future Perfect
I will have nuked
you will have nuked
he/she/it will have nuked
we will have nuked
you will have nuked
they will have nuked

Future Continuous
I will be nuking
you will be nuking
he/she/it will be nuking
we will be nuking
you will be nuking
they will be nuking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been nuking
you have been nuking
he/she/it has been nuking
we have been nuking
you have been nuking
they have been nuking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been nuking
you will have been nuking
he/she/it will have been nuking
we will have been nuking
you will have been nuking
they will have been nuking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been nuking
you had been nuking
he/she/it had been nuking
we had been nuking
you had been nuking
they had been nuking

Conditional
I would nuke
you would nuke
he/she/it would nuke
we would nuke
you would nuke
they would nuke

Past Conditional
I would have nuked
you would have nuked
he/she/it would have nuked
we would have nuked
you would have nuked
they would have nuked

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Noun	1.	nuke - the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, thermonuclear warhead atomic weapon, nuclear weapon - a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction payload, warhead, load - the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
Verb	1.	nuke - strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy" atomise, atomize, zap bomb, bombard - throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"
	2.	nuke - bomb with atomic weapons atom-bomb bomb, bombard - throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"
	3.	nuke - cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the leftovers" micro-cook, microwave, zap cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"

Translations

bombe atomique

nuke

[njuːk] (esp US)

A. VT → atacar con arma nuclear

B. N → bomba f atómica

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

nuke

[ˈnjuːk]

n → bombe f atomique

vt [+ country, area] → atomiser

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

nuke

(sl)

(US: = power plant) → Kern- or Atomkraftwerk nt

(= bomb) → Atombombe f

vt (= attack) → mit Atomwaffen angreifen; (= destroy) → atomar vernichten

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

nuke

[njuːk] (esp Am) (fam)

1. vt → attaccare con armi atomiche

2. n → bomba atomica

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