nuke vs thermonuclear

nuke

noun
  • A nuclear weapon. 

  • A nuclear power station. 

  • A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power. 

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

  • 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). 

  • Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale. 

  • A microwave oven. 

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

  • To cook in a microwave oven. 

  • 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). 

  • To use a nuclear weapon on a target. 

  • To completely delete all uploads of a user, usually due to copyright violations or vandalism. 

  • To overanalyze or despair unduly over something. 

  • To destroy or erase completely. 

  • To expose to some form of radiation. 

thermonuclear

noun
  • A thermonuclear weapon. 

adj
  • Of, or relating to the use of atomic weapons based on such fusion, especially as distinguished from those based on fission. 

  • Of, or relating to the fusion of atomic nuclei at high temperatures. 

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