Associations to the word «Nuke»

Wiktionary

NUKE, noun. Nuclear weapon.
NUKE, noun. Something that negates or destroys, especially on a catastrophic scale.
NUKE, noun. (US) (slang) A microwave oven
NUKE, noun. Nuclear electrical power generation station.
NUKE, verb. To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
NUKE, verb. (colloquial) To cook food or beverages in a microwave oven.
NUKE, verb. (colloquial) To completely destroy.

Dictionary definition

NUKE, noun. The warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb.
NUKE, verb. Strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy".
NUKE, verb. Bomb with atomic weapons.
NUKE, verb. Cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the leftovers".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats