denuke

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English

Etymology

From de- +‎ nuke.

Verb

denuke (third-person singular simple present denukes, present participle denuking, simple past and past participle denuked)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) Short for denuclearize.
    • 2014, Jahangir Amuzegar, The Islamic Republic of Iran: Reflections on an Emerging Economy:
      There have been suggestions by a number of American neoconservative hawks to denuke Iran with “swift, massive, devastating force that decapitates the regime.