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Word entry · 4 letters

nuke

Best crossword clue

"Microwave quickly"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /njuːk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eknuStarts with NEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1N2U3K4E

Definitions

  1. cook or heat in a microwave oven

Word origin

Clipping of nuclear weapon. The verb is derived from the noun.

Used in a sentence

  • ‘This, er, initiator of polonium and lithium, would it be used in an anti-personnel bomb?’ he asked. ‘Oh yes, you could say so, boyo,’ replied the Welshman. ‘An initiator, you see, is what sets off a nuke.’
  • I can buy nukes on the black market for $40 million each.
  • Confronted with the threat of several nukes on the island, we soon realized that the Long Island Sound is being used as a massive cooling basin for nuclear reactors.

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