Meaning & use
Nukes
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Nuclear weapons; informally, devices capable of releasing massive destructive energy through nuclear reactions.
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The treaty required both countries to reduce their stockpiles of nukes.
The film imagines a world where rogue actors gain access to nukes.
A note on using this word
An informal shortening of 'nuclear weapons'; the same word is also used as a verb, 'to nuke', meaning to attack with such a weapon or, informally, to heat food in a microwave.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To attack or destroy something with a nuclear weapon.
The general warned that the base could be nuked within minutes.
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