1. The warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
   "The treaty called for the dismantling of all nukes";
   - atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, thermonuclear warhead

1. Bomb with atomic weapons
   "The city was nuked during the war";
   - atom-bomb
    
2. Strike at with firepower or bombs
   "nuke the enemy";
   - atomize, atomise [Brit], zap [informal]
    
3. Cook or heat in a microwave oven
   "You can nuke the leftovers";
   - microwave, micro-cook [N. Amer, informal], zap [informal]

Derived forms: nuked, nuking, nukes

Type of: bomb, bombard, cook, load, payload, warhead

Part of: atomic weapon, nuclear weapon

Encyclopedia: Nuke