to nuke
Third Person
nukes
Present Participle
nuking
Past Tense
nuked
Past Participle
nuked
1
to heat or cook food rapidly using a microwave oven
- In a rush, he decided to nuke a frozen dinner in the microwave for a quick meal.
- After the party, she opted to nuke leftover pizza slices instead of using the oven.
- Feeling peckish, the college student chose to nuke a bowl of instant noodles in the dormitory kitchen.
- As a time-saving measure, the busy professional would often nuke pre-prepared meals for dinner.
- The reheatable breakfast burrito was designed for those who prefer to nuke their morning meals.
Synonyms:
2
to remove or get rid of something, often completely or abruptly
- She nuked the old files from her computer.
- The editor decided to nuke the irrelevant scenes from the film.
- He nuked the spam emails without reading them.
- The chef nuked the burnt portion of the dish.
- They nuked the outdated software from all office computers.
3
to attack using atomic weapons
- The city was nearly nuked in the alternate-history scenario.
- Historians debated whether a nation would ever nuke another in modern times.
- Leaders promised not to nuke enemy capitals.
- Films often dramatize what would happen if someone nuked a major city.
- Nuclear war would occur if countries started to nuke each other.
Synonyms:
4
to launch a denial-of-service attack against a user or server
- Someone nuked the channel bot last night.
- The admin warned that nuking servers could get you banned.
- They threatened to nuke the rival clan's voice server.
- Don't nuke random hosts; that's illegal.
- After the outage they found evidence someone had nuked several IPs.