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nuke (n.)
1959, U.S. military slang, short for nuclear weapon (1947); see nuclear. The verb is attested from 1962; the slang sense of "to cook in a microwave oven" is by 1987. Related: Nuked; nuking.
updated on December 08, 2022
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