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fail-deadly adjective

  /ˌfeɪlˈdɛdli/
  • (military) Of a nuclear weapons strategy: encouraging deterrence by guaranteeing an automatic, immediate, and overwhelming response to an attack, even if the command-and-control infrastructure has been damaged by the enemy's first strike.
 échec mortel
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