"mutual assured destruction" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} mutual assured destruction (uncountable)
  1. (politics, public policy, military) The threat of massive retaliation using nuclear weapons should a potential enemy use them first, both sides being annihilated in the event of war. Wikipedia link: mutual assured destruction Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Military, Nuclear warfare, Politics Synonyms: MAD, mutually assured destruction Derived forms: assured destruction Related terms: eye for an eye, internecine, Kilkenny cat Translations (threat): دمار متبادل (Arabic), 相互保證毀滅 (Chinese Mandarin), 相互保证毁灭 (xiānghù bǎozhèng huǐmiè) (Chinese Mandarin), gegarandeerde wederzijdse vernietiging [feminine] (Dutch), molemminpuolinen varmistettu tuho (Finnish), destruction mutuelle assurée [feminine] (French), Gleichgewicht des Schreckens [neuter] (German), 상호확증파괴 (sanghohwakjeungpagoe) (alt: 相互確證破壞) (Korean), wzajemne zagwarantowane zniszczenie [neuter] (Polish), distrugere reciprocă asigurată [feminine] (Romanian), взаимное гарантированное уничтожение (vzaimnoje garantirovannoje uničtoženije) (Russian), destrucción mutua asegurada (Spanish), karşılıklı kesin yıkım (Turkish), đảm bảo phá huỷ lẫn nhau (Vietnamese)

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