mutual destruction

collocation in English

meaningsofmutualanddestruction

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mutual
adjective
uk
/ˈmjuː.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈmjuː.tʃu.əl/
(of two or more people or groups) feeling the same emotion, or doing the same thing to or for ...
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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 ofmutualanddestructionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This would not be the case ifmutualdestructionof vorticity by viscous diffusion were allowed.
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We could as well visualise the possibilities of constructive progressive disarmament as we visualise preparing for ourmutualdestruction.
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This means that any local incident may lead to thermonuclear war, ending in themutualdestructionof both sides.
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He swapped the threat ofmutualdestructionfor the opportunity and hope of mutual trust.
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They have either to go to war for theirmutualdestructionor co-operate for their mutual benefit.
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Thismutualdestructioncan have no effect on the result of the war.
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It is to swap massmutualdestructionfor the hope of mutual trust.
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From now onwards you shall have wars, if you have them at all, only at the price of your utter andmutualdestruction.
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Unfortunately these destitute countries, which as neighbours got along well until about three months ago, are not themselves able to prevent thismutualdestruction.
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People of all nations today are worried by the deep anxieties to which the growing danger ofmutualdestructionhas given rise.
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There should be such a devolution towards industrial self-government, with proper safeguards, as will enable industry to develop a policy of mutual help instead ofmutualdestruction.
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Unless the world can learn that lesson, whether in domestic or international affairs, in the light of modern powers ofmutualdestruction, civilization as we know it cannot survive.
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Since then, as the two countries have become more evenly matched, it ismutualdestructionof each other's country which has seemed to be equally unacceptable.
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I see some hope in the airmen themselves who are realising this and are understanding that there is no defence, and that war will bemutualdestruction.
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At one stage it looked as if those two countries were so bitterly irreconcilable that nothing except sheer exhaustion andmutualdestructionwould bring the conflict to an end.
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The war settled into a pattern ofmutualdestruction.
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They end up fighting each other, ensuring theirmutualdestruction.
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The war only ended after both sides had fought to the point of exhaustion, and realized that further conflict would result inmutualdestruction.
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As they approach each other,mutualdestructionbecomes more and more imminent.
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