Word: nuke
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A nuclear weapon.
(by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
A nuclear power station.
A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.
A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.
A microwave oven. Example: Just put it in the nuke for two minutes and it will be ready to eat.
To use a nuclear weapon on a target. Example: If a nuclear war ever breaks out, military facilities are likely to be nuked first.
To destroy or erase completely. Example: To try to hide his posting history on Usenet, he had his posts nuked from the Google archives.
(by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
To expose to some form of radiation.
To cook in a microwave oven. Example: I’ll nuke some pizza for dinner.
To over-analyze or overly despair over something.
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