Synonyms for nuke
- verb
- noun
- American English
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Annihilate — to destroy or erase completely
annihilate, obliterate, devastate, atomize, atomise UK
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To destroy or erase completely.
He had his posts nuked from the Google archives.
- v. 2
To use a nuclear weapon on (a target).
If a nuclear war ever breaks out, military facilities are likely to be nuked first.
- n. 1
A nuclear weapon.
Related words
- Phrases
- truth nuke backpack nuke suitcase nuke
Forms
- Plural
- nukes
- Past participle
- nuked
e.g. nuked → annihilated, obliterated, devastated, atomized…
Example sentences
- annihilate We shall annihilate anyone who stands in our way!
- obliterate It's time to obliterate those walls of yours!
- devastate The flood waters will devastate the nearby town.
- microwave I don't think Tom and Mary have a microwave oven.
- zap Zap it in the microwave for thirty seconds.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| nuke | rising | |
| annihilate | rising | |
| obliterate | steady | |
| devastate | rising | |
| atomize | falling | |
| microwave | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- zap1
- 7 letters
- atomize, atomise
- 9 letters
- microwave3, devastate3
- 10 letters
- annihilate4, obliterate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (microwave3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- atomiser
- Italiano
- atomizzare