Here at Harvard, we only work on the most important scientific problems, like "What if we nuke stuff?", or "How about we make this elephant explode?", or, who could forget, "Look at this thing. It's really big."
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Nuke
//njuːk//
Synonyms for "nuke" (71 found)
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41 translations across 14 languages.
Catalan
4 entries- arma nuclear noun ((colloquial) nuclear weapon)
- anihilar verb ((colloquial) to destroy or erase completely)
- aniquilar verb ((colloquial) to destroy or erase completely)
- destruir verb ((colloquial) to destroy or erase completely)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 核平 verb ((colloquial) to use a nuclear weapon on a target)
Czech
1 entries- atomovka noun ((colloquial) nuclear weapon)
Finnish
4 entries- but see ydinalus noun ((colloquial) vessel running on nuclear power)
- but see ydinpommi noun ((colloquial) nuclear weapon)
- but see ydinvoimala noun ((colloquial) nuclear power station)
- mikro noun ((colloquial) microwave oven)
French
4 entries- arme atomique noun ((colloquial) nuclear weapon)
- micro-onde noun ((colloquial) microwave oven)
- anéantir verb ((colloquial) to destroy or erase completely)
- atomiser verb ((colloquial) to destroy or erase completely)
German
3 entries- A-Bombe noun ((colloquial) nuclear weapon)
- Atommeiler noun ((colloquial) nuclear power station)
- Mikrowelle noun ((colloquial) microwave oven)
Ido
1 entries- nukleajar verb ((colloquial) to use a nuclear weapon on a target)
Italian
3 entries- arma nucleare noun ((colloquial) nuclear weapon)
- annichilare verb ((colloquial) to destroy or erase completely)
- destruggere verb ((colloquial) to destroy or erase completely)
Japanese
2 entries- ピカドン noun ((colloquial) nuclear weapon)
- チンする verb ((colloquial) to cook in a microwave oven)
Korean
1 entries- 박살내다 verb ((colloquial) to destroy or erase completely)
Portuguese
3 entries- arma nuclear noun ((colloquial) nuclear weapon)
- aniquilar verb ((colloquial) to destroy or erase completely)
- destruir verb ((colloquial) to destroy or erase completely)
Spanish
4 entries- arma nuclear noun ((colloquial) nuclear weapon)
- aniquilar verb ((colloquial) to destroy or erase completely)
- atomizar verb ((colloquial) to use a nuclear weapon on a target)
- destruir verb ((colloquial) to destroy or erase completely)
Swedish
2 entries- atombomba verb ((colloquial) to use a nuclear weapon on a target)
- mikra verb ((colloquial) to cook in a microwave oven)
Ukrainian
1 entries- я́дерка noun ((colloquial) nuclear weapon)
Sample sentences
43 total sentences available.
Can a nuke break an asteroid apart?
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Tom was put on a team in charge of a tactical nuke.
Source: tatoeba (12709253)
"Mini-nukes" are "among the active unresolved nuclear issues in NATO at the moment," according to a Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff report. […] Mini-nukes, the report said, are the "new generation of tactical nuclear weapons which combine low and variable yield possibilities with enhanced radiation characteristics and which could be used with artillery and laser-guided or other 'smart' bombs."
Source: wiktionary
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