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No nukes!

(ˈno ˈnuks and ˈno ˈnjuks)

exclam. a cry against nuclear energy, weapons, submarines, etc. No nukes! Make my electricity the old-fashioned way.

nuke

1. n. a nuclear weapon. Are there nukes aboard that ship?

2. tv. to destroy someone or something. (As with a nuclear weapon.) Your cat ran through my garden and totally nuked my flowers!

3. tv. to microwave something. I have to nuke my dinner and then I will be right over.

Nuke it!

tv. Throw it away! You don’t need this thing. Nuke it!

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nuke oneself

(n(j)uk...)

tv. to tan oneself at a tanning salon. I nuke myself once a week in the spring so I will be ready for the summer bikini season.

See also: nuke