nuke
Because it is a word with a single syllable, nuke is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofnuke
- 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.
Synonyms: annihilate, devastate, obliterate
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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