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massive retaliation

massive retaliation noun: a military doctrine and nuclear strategy by which a state commits itself to retaliate with much greater force when attacked.

Noun

massive retaliation (uncountable)

  1. A military doctrine and nuclear strategy by which a state commits itself to retaliate with much greater force when attacked.

Questions about massive retaliation

What does massive retaliation mean?
Massive retaliation means a military doctrine and nuclear strategy by which a state commits itself to retaliate with much greater force when attacked.
What part of speech is massive retaliation?
Massive retaliation is a noun.

Words near massive retaliation in the dictionary

  1. massive palindrome
  2. massive palindromes
  3. massive parallelism
  4. massive parallelisms
  5. massive resistance
  6. massive retaliation
  7. massively
  8. massively multiplayer
  9. massively multiplayer online game
  10. massively multiplayer online games
  11. massively multiplayer online role-playing game

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