assured destruction

collocation in English

meaningsofassuredanddestruction

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assured
adjective
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/əˈʃɔːd/us
/əˈʃʊrd/
showing skill ...
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destruction
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈstrʌk.ʃən/us
/dɪˈstrʌk.ʃən/
the act of destroying something, or the fact of ...
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(Definition ofassuredanddestructionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They claimed that their military-political balance of mutuallyassureddestructionconstituted 'shared' interests and served the specific interests of the alliances, too.
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The position of mutuallyassureddestructionwas reached in about 1960.
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That is the policy of mutuallyassureddestruction.
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Has not the doctrine of mutuallyassureddestruction, which we have had for many years, kept the peace?
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It is a proposal for mutualassureddestruction.
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That has all the logic of mutuallyassureddestructionas an economic policy.
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The old certainties of mutuallyassureddestructionhave been replaced by an environment of proliferation and increasing uncertainty during the past 10 or 15 years.
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It is built and structured in such a way in the agreement that it represents mutually assured progress or mutuallyassureddestruction.
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Mutualassureddestructionis no use against the kind of threat which we now face in this multi-polar world.
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It is an enormous moral problem to base defence policy on mutuallyassureddestruction.
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This expansion will be undertaken in the hope of maintaining retaliatory capability—that is, strategic stability through mutuallyassureddestruction—while the development is taking place.
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Are we reaching the end of the era of mutual,assureddestruction, because nuclear deterrence is losing its credibility?
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So we seek a balance or parity, or mutuallyassureddestruction.
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Who are we now threatening with nuclearassureddestruction?
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We have had 40 years of mutuallyassureddestruction.
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The umbrella of mutuallyassureddestructionmay not be required.
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Whether we are concerned about mutuallyassureddestructionor mutually assured security, we must be certain what we are talking about.
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Why did we not maintain the deterrents at the position that existed when the mutuallyassureddestructiontheory was held to be valid in 1963?
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In a situation of strategic nuclear parity, that implies mutualassureddestruction.
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