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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence;
- Example: "when two nations both resort to nuclear deterrence the consequence could be mutual destruction"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nuclear deterrence
    n 1: the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from
         using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a
         consequence; "when two nations both resort to nuclear
         deterrence the consequence could be mutual destruction"