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Mirv vs. Nuke — What's the Difference?

Mirv vs. Nuke — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Mirv and Nuke

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Mirv

An offensive ballistic missile system having warheads aimed at independent targets that can be launched by a single booster rocket.

Nuke

A nuclear weapon.

Mirv

One of these warheads.

Nuke

Attack or destroy with nuclear weapons.

Mirv

To provide with multiple independent warheads.
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Nuke

A nuclear device or weapon.

Mirv

To equip a military force with a missile system of multiple independent warheads.

Nuke

A nuclear-powered electric generating plant.

Mirv

To attack with MIRV missiles.

Nuke

To attack with nuclear weapons.

Nuke

To heat in a microwave oven
"I obtained this soup by nuking one cup of water and mixing that with ... bouillon" (Judy Markey).

Nuke

A nuclear weapon.

Nuke

(by extension) Something that destroys or negates, especially on a catastrophic scale.

Nuke

A nuclear power station.

Nuke

(nautical) A vessel such as a ship or submarine running on nuclear power.

Nuke

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

Nuke

(warez) 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).

Nuke

(rare) A microwave oven.
Just put it in the nuke for two minutes and it will be ready to eat.

Nuke

Alternative spelling of nuc

Nuke

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Nuke

Alternative form of nook

Nuke

To use a nuclear weapon on a target.
If a nuclear war ever breaks out, military facilities are likely to be nuked first.

Nuke

To destroy or erase completely.
To try to hide his posting history on Usenet, he had his posts nuked from the Google archives.

Nuke

(Wikimedia Commons jargon) To completely delete all uploads of a user, usually due to copyright violations or vandalism.

Nuke

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

Nuke

To expose to some form of radiation.

Nuke

To cook in a microwave oven.
I’ll nuke some pizza for dinner.

Nuke

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).

Nuke

To overanalyze or despair unduly over something.

Nuke

The warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb

Nuke

Strike at with firepower or bombs;
Zap the enemy

Nuke

Bomb with atomic weapons

Nuke

Cook or heat in a microwave oven;
You can microwave the left-overs

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