Definitions
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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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Microwave quickly”4 letters
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