单词 | massive retaliation |
释义 | > as lemmasmassive retaliation massive retaliation n. now historical a military strategy (inaugurated in the United States in the 1950s) which uses the threat of a punitive response with nuclear weapons to deter aggression; a response of this kind. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > counter-attack or retaliation reprisal1641 counter-offensive1909 slap-back1931 massive retaliation1954 second strike1960 1954 N.Y. Times 13 Jan. 2/3 [Speech of J. F. Dulles] Local defense must be reinforced by the further deterrent of massive retaliatory power.] 1954 Times 29 Mar. 5/5 The plan of ‘meeting any aggression with massive retaliation in places of our choosing’. 1971 E. Luttwak Dict. Mod. War 128/1 Massive retaliation was never central US policy, and was in any case associated with the diplomatic technique of brinkmanship. 1994 Sci. Amer. May 10/3 John A. Pike of the relatively dovish Federation of American Scientists insists that the threat of massive retaliation..is still the best defense the U.S. has against an adversary armed with nuclear weapons. < as lemmas |
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