noun

1. A nuclear weapon.

2. (by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.

3. A nuclear power station.

verb

1. To use a nuclear weapon on a target.

   “If a nuclear war ever breaks out, military facilities are likely to be nuked first.”

2. To destroy or erase completely.

   “To try to hide his posting history on Usenet, he had his posts nuked from the Google archives.”

3. (by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).

Synonyms: annihilate, devastate, obliterate