nuke

1. (US, colloquial)A nuclear weapon.

   A-Bombe

   я́деркаjáderka

2. (US, broadly, colloquial)Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.

3. (US, colloquial)A nuclear power station.

   Atommeiler

4. (US, colloquial)A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.

5. (US, colloquial)A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.

6. (US, colloquial)A cautionary flag placed on a release to label it as "bad" for some reason or another (e.g., being a dupe of a previous release or containing malware).

7. (US, colloquial, rare)A microwave oven.

   Just put it in the nuke for two minutes and it will be ready to eat.

   Mikrowelle

8. (US, colloquial)A spell, item or ability that does a large amount of damage over a short period of time.

1. Can a nuke break an asteroid apart?

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2. Tom was put on a team in charge of a tactical nuke.

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3. It's hard to hear you over the sound of a hundred nukes going off.

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4. Where are the nukes?

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5. We're just chimps with nukes.

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