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Microwave and Nuke Definitions

Microwave

Relating to or being electromagnetic radiation between radio waves and infrared waves in the electromagnetic spectrum, having frequencies between 300 megahertz and 300 gigahertz and wavelengths between 1 meter and 1 millimeter.

Nuke

A nuclear device or weapon.

Microwave

A wave of microwave radiation.

Nuke

A nuclear-powered electric generating plant.

Microwave

A microwave oven.
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Nuke

To attack with nuclear weapons.

Microwave

To cook or heat (food) in a microwave oven.

Nuke

To heat in a microwave oven
"I obtained this soup by nuking one cup of water and mixing that with ... bouillon" (Judy Markey).

Microwave

An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves.
Radio band

Nuke

A nuclear weapon.
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Microwave

Ellipsis of microwave oven
Just put it in the microwave for 30 seconds and it's ready to eat.

Nuke

(by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.

Microwave

(transitive) To cook (something) in a microwave oven.

Nuke

A nuclear power station.

Microwave

To provide minimal preparation for implementation, deeming full or extensive preparation as unnecessary.

Nuke

(nautical) A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.

Microwave

A short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data

Nuke

A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.

Microwave

Kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat is produced by the absorption of microwave energy by the water molecules in the food

Nuke

(warez) A cautionary flag placed on a release to label it as "bad" for some reason or another (e.g., being a dupe of a previous release or containing malware).

Microwave

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

Nuke

(rare) A microwave oven.
Just put it in the nuke for two minutes and it will be ready to eat.

Nuke

Alternative spelling of nuc

Nuke

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Nuke

Alternative form of nook

Nuke

To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
If a nuclear war ever breaks out, military facilities are likely to be nuked first.

Nuke

To destroy or erase completely.
To try to hide his posting history on Usenet, he had his posts nuked from the Google archives.

Nuke

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

Nuke

To carry out a denial-of-service attack against (an IRC user).

Nuke

To expose to some form of radiation.

Nuke

To cook in a microwave oven.
I’ll nuke some pizza for dinner.

Nuke

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).

Nuke

To overanalyze or despair unduly over something.

Nuke

The warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb

Nuke

Strike at with firepower or bombs;
Zap the enemy

Nuke

Bomb with atomic weapons

Nuke

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

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