nuclear retaliation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnuclearandretaliation
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nuclear
adjective
uk/ˈnjuː.klɪər/us/ˈnuː.kliː.ɚ/
being or using the power produced when the nucleus of an atom is divided or joined to ...
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retaliation
noun[U]
uk/rɪˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/us/rɪˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
the act of hurting someone or doing something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful ...
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(Definition ofnuclearandretaliationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is the obvious possibility ofnuclearretaliation.
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That having happened, there would be a massivenuclearretaliation.
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A firing, whether intended or not, would invite massivenuclearretaliation.
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The achievement of this aim will continue to depend primarily upon capacity fornuclearretaliation.
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Our security rests upon the capacity fornuclearretaliationamounting to annihilation of the enemy.
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We have relied on anuclearretaliationcapability large enough to counter any potential aggressor.
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The fear ofnuclearretaliationprovided the deterrent that kept the peace.
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We inherited a strategy which was still largely based on massivenuclearretaliation.
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There should be no ambiguity about that as there is aboutnuclearretaliation.
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It should throw some doubts in their minds as to the possibility ofnuclearretaliation.
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A massive conventional attack could thus trigger off anuclearretaliation.
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In the earlier strategic doctrine ofnuclearretaliation, we were the first.
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We seek first and foremost to prevent global war by the threat of overwhelmingnuclearretaliation.
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This is all derived from the doctrine ofnuclearretaliation, but it is an extremely dangerous doctrine today.
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Creeping aggression would inevitably grow into galloping aggression, and galloping aggression would never be stopped except bynuclearretaliation.
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Today, aggression in the face of the risk ofnuclearretaliationis no longer a rational option.
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They might well use it, instead of a nuclear attack, in the hope that they would thereby avoidnuclearretaliation.
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It is—and this, of course, is the radical difference—the threat ofnuclearretaliationby aircraft.
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However, if such a state is involved with another that has nuclear capability, it might be subject tonuclearretaliation.
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We have made it quite clear that if there is a major, full-scale attack, even with conventional forces only,nuclearretaliationwould be necessary.
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The knowledge that aggression will be met by overwhelmingnuclearretaliationis the surest guarantee that it will not take place.
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But if we do not have such conventional defences, the possibility ofnuclearretaliationas a result of a flexible response is increased.
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To draw aside the veil would be a clear invitation to the adversary to take action in circumstances where he could count on not promotingnuclearretaliation.
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One thing we do know is that if this atomic strike is delivered we can expectnuclearretaliationand can more or less expect to be wiped out.
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That was the first time that the party opposite announced thatnuclearretaliationand a nuclear striking force would henceforth be the hallmark of this country's defence policy.
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