Meaning
- (verb) To use a nuclear weapon on a target. “If a nuclear war ever breaks out, military facilities are likely to be nuked first.”
- (verb) To destroy or erase completely. “To try to hide his posting history on Usenet, he had his posts nuked from the Google archives.”
- (verb) (by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).
- (verb) To expose to some form of radiation.
- (verb) To cook in a microwave oven. “I’ll nuke some pizza for dinner.”
- (verb) To over-analyze or overly despair over something.
Synonyms
Letter breakdown
- Nuked contains 5 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 3 consonant(s).
- It uses 5 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 10.
Connected words
Other 5-letter words
- abaci
- aback
- abaft
- abase
- abash
- abate
- abbey
- abbot
- abeam
- abets
- abhor
- abide
- abler
- abode
- abort
- about
- above
- abuse
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Reader questions
What does Nuked mean?
To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
How many letters are in Nuked?
Nuked has 5 letters.
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