Definition of "nuking" []

• Present participle of nuke. (verb)

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• "And while I’m sure you can find some armchair philosopher who’d claim otherwise, probably most ethicists would also say scale matters, else we’d literally be justified in nuking anyone at the drop of a hat."
• "* In a July 2006 issue of New Yorker magazine, Seymour Hersh documented how our top active generals had to stage an internal "revolt" earlier that year to prevent Bush/Cheney from including the idea of nuking Iran — in violation of international law – as part of our contingency plans for dealing with that country."
• "RUSSERT: Even Newt Gingrich, who opposes the war in Iraq, loves the idea of nuking Iran."