English Dictionary

nuke

IPA（発音記号）

/njuːk/

動詞

アメリカ英語 口語 他動詞 比喩的用法 インターネット 広義 俗語

(transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To use a nuclear weapon on a target. / (transitive, chiefly US, colloquial, figuratively) To destroy or erase completely.

日本語の意味

核兵器を用いて対象を攻撃すること / 徹底的に破壊または消し去ること

The general threatened to nuke the insurgent base if negotiations failed.

将軍は交渉が決裂した場合、反乱拠点に核兵器を使用すると脅した。

意味（1）

(transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To use a nuclear weapon on a target.

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

意味（2）

(transitive, chiefly US, colloquial, figuratively) To destroy or erase completely.

意味（3）

(Wikimedia Commons jargon) To completely delete all uploads of a user, usually due to copyright violations or vandalism.

意味（4）

(transitive, Internet slang, by extension) To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).

The command and control servers used by the Mydoom variant, responsible for the recent denial of service attacks against Korean and US government websites, receive instructions from a master server located in the UK. … Apparently, the decision of whoever was responsible to damage the infected systems after July 10 pointed [Roger] Thompson in this direction. Why bother nuking 60k computers after doing all the work of assembling them? Nuking them only helps the Good Guys, because the victims are forced to re-build, and therefore clean, their computers. [...]

意味（5）

(transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To expose to some form of radiation.

意味（6）

(transitive, chiefly US, colloquial) To cook in a microwave oven.

I’ll nuke some pizza for dinner.

意味（7）

(transitive, warez) To flag a release as bad for some reason or another (for instance, due to being a duplicate of an earlier release or containing malware).

When a release is not in accordance with rules, it can be made invalid. This is calling ‘nuking’. A nuke based on non existent rules or made up reasons can be undone – this is called and un-nuke. If the same release is getting nuked and un-nuked multiple times, it’s referred to as a Nukewar. When a release is nuked or un nuked, reason for the action is usually mentioned along with the nuke announcement.

意味（8）

(transitive, US, nautical, colloquial) To overanalyze or despair unduly over something.

nukes （ present singular third-person ）

nuking （ participle present ）

nuked （ participle past ）

nuked （ past ）