nuke

1. To use a nuclear weapon on (a target). (US, colloquial, transitive) · If a nuclear war ever breaks out, military facilities are likely to be nuked first.
2. To destroy or erase completely. (US, colloquial, figuratively, transitive) · He had his posts nuked from the Google archives.
3. To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user). (US, colloquial, transitive)
4. To maliciously destroy an online community or chat server (especially on Discord) by mass-deleting channels, roles, and messages, or by mass-banning members, often using an automated script or bot. (US, colloquial, transitive) · The Chaos Gang managed to get administrator permissions and nuke the entire server in seconds.
5. To expose to some form of radiation. (US, colloquial, transitive)
6. To cook in a microwave oven. (US, colloquial, transitive) · I’ll nuke some pizza for dinner.
7. To overanalyze or despair unduly over something. (US, colloquial, transitive)

He/she/it nukes · Past nuked · Past participle nuked · -ing form nuking