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词汇 example_english_massive-retaliation
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massive retaliation

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massive
adjective
uk /ˈmæs.ɪv/ us /ˈmæs.ɪv/
very large in size, amount, ...
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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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The first idea was massiveretaliation.
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Otherwise, the inevitable massiveretaliation can bring only total disaster.
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The "trip-wire," apparently, is to lead to massiveretaliation.
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I do not like the expression "massiveretaliation".
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The whole basis of massiveretaliation was in that paragraph.
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That would lead to a policy of massiveretaliation.
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I remember his phrase that we will use "massiveretaliation".
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That would invite massiveretaliation against their own cities.
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The whole basis of the cold war was massiveretaliation.
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We shall therefore have returned to the dangerous doctrine of massiveretaliation.
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The point is that paragraph 12 contained the reference to massiveretaliation.
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We cannot go back to a strategy of massiveretaliation at a time of nuclear parity.
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The assumption, once the trip-wire has been tripped, is that massiveretaliation starts.
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Technology had improved since massiveretaliation was adopted.
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An imprecise threat of massiveretaliation is an invitation to a tough-minded aggressor to call the bluff.
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I asked him that question, and its corollary which is: when does "tactical"become"strategical" and invoke massiveretaliation?
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How would they cope with the massiveretaliation that would result from the unilateral breaking of those obligations?
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It would mean that nowhere in the world was there any policy other than that of massiveretaliation.
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What we have been talking about is not a surgical strike at all; if anything, it is a massiveretaliation.
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Massiveretaliation became a cornerstone of national policy and an effective deterrent to perceived threats.
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This modelization gave the basis for the massiveretaliation nuclear doctrine.
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The aim of massiveretaliation is to deter an adversary from initially attacking.
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The first—import controls—would result in massiveretaliation and hit the west midlands worse than any other part of the country.
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