Nuke

Definitions: Nuke

Nuke

Noun

1. The warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb.

Verb

1. Strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy".

2. Bomb with atomic weapons.

3. Cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the left-overs".

Specialty Definitions: Nuke

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Nuke /n[y]ook/ vt. [common] 1. To intentionally delete the entire contents of a given directory or storage volume. "On Unix, `rm -r /usr' will nuke everything in the usr filesystem." Never used for accidental deletion; contrast blow away. 2. Syn. for dike, applied to smaller things such as files, features, or code sections. Often used to express a final verdict. "What do you want me to do with that 80-meg wallpaper file?" "Nuke it." 3. Used of processes as well as files; nuke is a frequent verbal alias for `kill -9' on Unix. 4. On IBM PCs, a bug that results in fandango on core can trash the operating system, including the FAT (the in-core copy of the disk block chaining information). This can utterly scramble attached disks, which are then said to have been `nuked'. This term is also used of analogous lossages on Macintoshes and other micros without memory protection. Source: Jargon File.
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Specialty Definition: Nuke (computer)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A Nuke, which has been confused with WinNuking, is an older way to attack computers by a network.

A Nuke generally cannot work on a newer machine, and a nuking must be done by the root administrator. The nuke sends fragmented or invalid ICMP packets to the target, which slows the effected computer down until it comes to a complete stop.

There is a recent version of this is called, "Smurfing", but Internet Service Providers, not PC owners, are at risk from this attack method.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nuke (computer)."

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Synonyms: Nuke

Synonyms: atomic warhead (n), nuclear warhead (n), thermonuclear warhead (n), atom-bomb (v), atomise (v), atomize (v), micro-cook (v), microwave (v), zap (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Nuke

Specialty definitions using "nuke": blow away. (references)

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Modern Usage: Nuke

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Nuke it, flame it, destroy it -- it hurts me to know it's out there. (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) C'mon, let me nuke that bastard. (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me; writing credit: Mike Myers) Nuke 'em. (Independence Day; writing credit: Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich) I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. (Aliens; writing credit: James Cameron; David Giler) Nuke York's only three days away. (Rock & Rule; writing credit: John Halfpenny; Patrick Loubert)
Movie/TV Titles	Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1995) Class of Nuke 'Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown (1991)
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Commercial Usage: Nuke

Domain	Title
Books	Carrier: Nuke Zone (Book Even in the Acclaimed Naval Aviation Series) [ABRIDGED] (reference) Dad's Nuke (reference) Nuke Hill (Gold Eagle) (reference) Operation Nuke (Cyborg No 2) (reference) Target Nuke (Ww III: Behind the Lines, Book 2) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Class of Nuke 'Em High (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
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Photo Album: Nuke

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	We will stop the Seabrook Nuke : join the citizen's occupation.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Spoken Usage: Nuke

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Rush Limbaugh	Libby introduced himself as a nuclear physics graduate student at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and told us about a report he read in Physics Today that debunked the theory that we would all die if we exploded every nuke we have.
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Usage Frequency: Nuke

"Nuke" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 37.50% of the time. "Nuke" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	37.5%	6	143,867
Noun (proper)	25%	4	175,879
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	18.75%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (base form)	18.75%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	16	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Nuke

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "nuke": anti-nuke, mini-nuke, triple-nuke.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nuke

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Modern Translations: Nuke

Language		Translations for "nuke"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		mit atomwaffen angreifen, kernkraftwerk (nuclear power station), atomkraftwerk (atomic powerstation, nuclear power station), atombombe (A-bomb, atom bomb, atomic bomb), atomar vernichten. (various references)

Hungarian		nukleáris fegyver (nuclear weapon). (various references)

Korean		누크. (various references)

Pig Latin		ukenay

Thai		โจมตี�"้วยนิวเคลียร์, อาวุธนิวเคลียร์ (nuclear weapons). (various references)

Turkish		nükleer reaktör (atomic pile), atom bombası ile tahrip etmek, atom bombası (a bomb, atom bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb, nuclear bomb). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Nuke

Derivations
	Words beginning with "nuke": nuked, nukes. (additional references)
	Words ending with "nuke": antinuke. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Nuke" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: guke, kuke, Nahke, naka, naken, nakev, naki, Nakte, Nauck, Nduka, Ndume, nece, Neek, neuk, Neukom, newca, nika, niki, niue, nk, Nka, n'kai, nke, nkel, Nkuebe, noce, noci, noka, noke, Nokie, Nokka, nooke, Noske, Notke, Nsue, nube, Nuc, nuce, nuck, nue, nueb, nuek, nuge, nugee, Nuk, nukem, nuker, Nuki, nuks, Nuku, nukul, nule, nume, nune, nupe, Nupen, nuqe, Nure, nuse, nusk, Nute, nuve, Nuwe, nuxe, nuze, nyuk, snuke, Uke, Ukj, Unce, Uncf, Unckel, unkn. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Nuke"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "nuke" (pronounced nuw"k)
2	-uw" k	duke, fluke, juke, kook, puke, rebuke, souk, spook.
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Anagrams: Nuke

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: kune, neuk.
	Words within the letters "e-k-n-u"
	-1 letter: ken, kue, uke.
	-2 letters: en, ne, nu, un.
	Words containing the letters "e-k-n-u"
	+1 letter: neuks, nuked, nukes.
	+2 letters: bunked, bunker, debunk, dunked, dunker, funked, funker, hunker, junked, junker, junket, junkie, kuchen, leukon, lunker, punker, punkey, punkie, runkle, sunken, sunket, uncake, unkend, unkent, unkept, unlike, unmake, unyoke.
	+3 letters: ankuses, buckeen, bunkers, bunkoed, bunkoes, chunked, clunked, clunker, debunks, drunken, drunker, dunkers, flunked, flunker, flunkey, funkers, funkier, gerenuk, hunkers, hunkier, hunkies, junkers, junkets, junkier, junkies, junkmen, knouted, knuckle, knurled, kunzite, leukons, lunkers, netsuke, nunlike, nutlike, plunked, plunker, punkers, punkest, punkeys, punkier, punkies, quicken, runkled, runkles, skunked, spelunk, spunked, spunkie, sundeck, sunkets, sunlike, thunked, trunked, turnkey, unakite, unalike, unasked, unbaked, unbrake, unbroke, uncaked, uncakes, unchoke, unfaked, unkempt, unmaker, unmakes, unraked, unspeak, unspoke, untaken, unyoked, unyokes, urnlike, yeuking, younker.
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