NUCLEAR DETERRENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nuclear deterrence mean? 

• NUCLEAR DETERRENCE (noun)
  The noun NUCLEAR DETERRENCE has 1 sense:

1. the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence

  Familiarity information: NUCLEAR DETERRENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUCLEAR DETERRENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

when two nations both resort to nuclear deterrence the consequence could be mutual destruction

Hypernyms ("nuclear deterrence" is a kind of...):

deterrence (the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety)

doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)