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1. n. the initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons; considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate Source: wordnet

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nuclear weapons ability attack attacker considered country destroy feasible initial retaliate

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