denuke

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) Clipping of 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.