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Definition of
nuke noun
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
nuke
noun
/njuːk/
/nuːk/
,
/njuːk/
(informal)
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a nuclear weapon
Word Origin
1950s: abbreviation of
nuclear
.
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