Synonyms of nuke
53 similar words
Another word for nuke is annihilate. Other synonyms of nuke are devastate, obliterate, destroy, aerosolize and atomize.
Synonyms and similar words for nuke
verbTo destroy or erase completely.
- annihilate
- devastate
- obliterateTo destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
- destroy
- aerosolize
- atomize
- bewreckTo wreck completely; ruin; destroy.
- blot out
- blotto
- dashTo ruin; to destroy.
- decompose
- demolish
- desolateTo devastate or lay waste somewhere.
- diffuse
- disintegrate
- disperseTo break up and disappear; to dissipate.
- dissolve
- eliminateTo completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
- eradicateTo destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
- erase
- exterminate
- extinguishTo put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
- extirpateTo destroy completely; to annihilate.
- fuck vulgarTo break, to destroy.
- harryTo strip, lay waste, ravage.
- jazz
- lay wasteTo completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.
- level
- liquidateTo kill (someone), usually violently, and especially for some ideological or political aim; to assassinate, to murder...
- overturn
- pull down
- pulverizeAmerican and Oxford British spelling of pulverise.
- razeTo completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remove from...
- ravageTo devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
- remove
- ruinTo destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
- ruinate
- stamp out
- total
- subvertTo overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
- unbreed figuratively
- unexist
- unmakeTo destroy or take apart; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature.
- uprootTo destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
- waste
- wipe out
- wipe off
- wreck
- benothing obsolete, rareTo reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- fordo obsolete
- overthrow rare
- race obsoleteTo level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
- ravel obsoleteTo destroy or ruin (something), like unravelling fabric.
Meaning of nuke
- noun A nuclear weapon.
- noun Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.
- noun A nuclear power station.
Questions about synonyms of nuke
- What is another word for nuke?
- Nuke has 53 synonyms on Word.ws, such as annihilate, devastate, obliterate, destroy, aerosolize, atomize, bewreck and blot out.
- What does nuke mean?
- Nuke means a nuclear weapon.
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