What is "nuke"

short for nuclear weapon, 1959, U.S. military slang (see nuclear). The verb is attested from 1962; the slang sense of "to cook in a microwave oven" is from 1987. Related: Nuked; nuking.

n. 1 nuclear weapon. 2 Something that negates or destroys, especially on a catastrophic scale. 3 (context US slang English) A microwave oven 4 nuclear electrical power generation station. http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?nuke vb. 1 To use a nuclear weapon on a target. 2 (context colloquial English) To cook food or beverages in a microwave oven. 3 (context colloquial English) To completely destroy.

1. n. the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb [syn: atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, thermonuclear warhead]

2. v. strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy" [syn: atomize, atomise, zap]

3. bomb with atomic weapons [syn: atom-bomb]

4. cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the left-overs" [syn: microwave, micro-cook, zap]

Nuke may refer to:

In many online video games (especially MMORPGs, MOBAs or real-time strategy games), the term nuke can describe a spell or skill that is capable of dealing a large amount of damage to its target, which is frequently a unit. Also in the context of video games, “nuking” may also describe the act of using a nuclear weapon while playing the game, such as the atomic bomb in Call of Duty games.

The term is notably dissimilar in different genres.

In an MMORPG, nuking may differ in meaning between different communities. For example, to some individuals, to “nuke” is to deal the most possible damage to the most enemies possible (almost exclusively by means of an area of effect skill), whereas other individuals use the term by referring to the highest possible damage to a single target in the shortest amount of time, also known as a spike. Some individuals believe that the player, or players, nuking must do so by means of ranged combat (that is, out of melee range); others make no such distinction. It can also mean to critical hit often or just to deal high standard damage. Also, the Tactical Nuke, dubbed by gamers as the "nuke", occurs when a gamer reaches 25 straight kills on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

In a real-time or turn-based strategy game, the term "nuke" has one distinct use. It can describe the tactic of attacking an opponent’s specific (often high-priority) units with high-damage spells in order to kill them or force (or strongly encourage) the opposing player to remove them from battle. Such usage is common in Warcraft III, in which "Heroes" are frequently the targets and attackers due to their relative high priority and common faculty for high-damaging spells.

Nuke is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as being from Earth-712, a member of the Squadron Supreme and later its rebooted equivalent, Supreme Power.

NUKE is a node-based digital compositing application developed by The Foundry, and used for film and television post-production. NUKE is available for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux. NUKE's users include Digital Domain, Walt Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony Pictures Animation, Framestore, Weta Digital and Industrial Light & Magic. NUKE has been used on productions such as Avatar, Mr. Nobody, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, King Kong, Jumper, I, Robot, Resident Evil: Extinction, Tron: Legacy, Alice in Wonderland, Black Swan, The Hobbit, and The Jungle Book.

Nuke, in comics, may refer to:

• Nuke (Marvel Comics)
• Nuke (Squadron Supreme)

Nuke (real name Frank Simpson) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Frank Miller and artist David Mazzucchelli, the character first appeared in Daredevil #232 (July 1986). Nuke's most distinguishing feature is an American Flag tattooed on his face.

A version of the character appears in the Netflix series Marvel's Jessica Jones, played by Wil Traval.

In the warez scene, nuke refers to labeling content as "bad", for reasons which might include unusable software, bad video/audio quality, virus-infected content, deceptively labeled (fake) content or not following the rules. Also duplicates and stolen releases from other pirates that do not attribute the other pirates will be nuked. When a scene release is "nuked", a message is attached to its listing informing other sceners of its "nuked" status, as well as the specific nature of the problem.

Contrary to what the term implies, a nuke does not actually destroy offending content or prevent anyone from downloading it. A nuke merely serves as a cautionary flag to potential users. The person that uploaded the nuked content to a site will lose credits.