MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION

Meaning of MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION in English

constant threat that was present between the USA and the Soviet Union and which helped prevent nuclear war (both countries had the ability to completely annihilate the other), MAD

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MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION — a U.S. doctrine of reciprocal deterrence resting on the U.S. and Soviet Union each being able to inflict unacceptable damage …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION — взаимное гарантированное уничтожение (доктрина ядерной войны)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION — Ядерный паритет
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION — взаимное гарантированное уничтожение ( доктрина ядерной войны )
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MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION — взаимное гарантированное уничтожение ( доктрина ядерной войны )
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MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION — взаимное гарантированное уничтожение ( доктрина ядерной войны )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION — сокр MAD взаимное гарантированное уничтожение Стратегическая концепция США в период "холодной войны" [cold war]
MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION — (MAD) взаимное гарантированное уничтожение Стратегическая концепция США в период "холодной войны" [cold war]
MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION — взаимное гарантированное уничтожение (доктрина ядерной войны)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUTUAL — adj mutual, reciprocal
Interlingua English vocab
DESTRUCTION — n destruction
Interlingua English vocab
ASSURED — I. adjective Date: 15th century characterized by certainty or security ; guaranteed , 2. self-~ , self-satisfied , satisfied as …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ASSURED — I. -ü(ə)rd, -üəd adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of assuren 1. a. : characterized by certainty or security …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUTUAL — ˈmyüch(ə)wəl, -chəl adjective Etymology: Middle English mutuall, from Middle French mutuel, from Latin mutuus lent, borrowed, reciprocal, mutual + Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DESTRUCTION
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUTUAL — (a.) Possessed, experienced, or done by two or more persons or things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual …
Английский словарь Webster
MUTUAL — (a.) Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, advantage, …
Английский словарь Webster
ASSURED — (n.) One whose life or property is insured.
Английский словарь Webster
ASSURED — (a.) Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.
Английский словарь Webster
ASSURED — (imp. & p. p.) of Assure
Английский словарь Webster
MUTUAL — ( a. ) Possessed, experienced, or done by two or more persons or things at the same time; common; joint; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ASSURED — ( n. ) One whose life or property is insured.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTUAL — — mutually , adv. /myooh"chooh euhl/ , adj. 1. possessed, experienced, performed, etc., by each of two or more with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DESTRUCTION — /di struk"sheuhn/ , n. 1. the act of destroying: wanton destruction of a town. 2. the condition of being destroyed; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ASSURED — — assuredly /euh shoor"id lee, euh sherr"-/ , adv. — assuredness , n. /euh shoord", euh sherrd"/ , adj. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ASSURED — I. ə-ˈshu̇rd adjective Date: 15th century 1. : characterized by certainty or security : guaranteed an assured market 2. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MUTUAL — adjective Etymology: Middle French mutuel, from Latin mutuus lent, borrowed, mutual, from mutare to change — more at mutable Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DESTRUCTION — noun Etymology: Middle English destruccioun, from Anglo-French destruction, from Latin destruction-, destructio, from destruere Date: 14th century 1. : the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MUTUAL — adj possessed, experienced, or done by two or more persons or things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual …
Webster English vocab
DESTRUCTION — noun a destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer. 2. destruction ·noun the state of being …
Webster English vocab
ASSURED — noun one whose life or property is insured. 2. assured ·impf & ·p.p. of assure. 3. assured ·adj made sure; …
Webster English vocab
DESTRUCTION — [de.struc.tion] n [ME destruccioun, fr. MF destruction, fr. L destruction-, destructio, fr. destruere] (14c) 1: the state or fact of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ASSURED — [as.sured] adj (15c) 1: characterized by certainty or security: guaranteed "an ~ market" 2. a: self-assured b: self-satisfied 3: satisfied …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MUTUAL — mutual BrE AmE ˈmjuːtʃ u‿ ə l ˈmjuːt ju‿; ˈmjuːtʃ ə l ▷ mutual|ly i ▷ mutual|s z ▶ ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DESTRUCTION — destruction BrE AmE di ˈstrʌk ʃ ə n də- ▷ destruction|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MUTUAL — / ˈmjuːtʃuəl; NAmE / adjective 1. used to describe feelings that two or more people have for each other equally, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DESTRUCTION — / dɪˈstrʌkʃn; NAmE / noun [ U ] the act of destroying sth; the process of being destroyed : the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ASSURED — / əˈʃʊəd; əˈʃɔːd; NAmE əˈʃʊrd/ adjective 1. (also ˌself-asˈsured ) confident in yourself and your abilities : He spoke in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUTUAL — mu ‧ tu ‧ al AC /ˈmjuːtʃuəl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adverb : ↑ mutually ; adjective : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DESTRUCTION — de ‧ struc ‧ tion W3 /dɪˈstrʌkʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ destroyer …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ASSURED — as ‧ sured /əˈʃʊəd $ əˈʃʊrd/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . confident about your own abilities SYN self-assured : an …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MUTUAL — adj. 1 (of feelings, actions, etc.) experienced or done by each of two or more parties with reference to the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DESTRUCTION — n. 1 the act or an instance of destroying; the process of being destroyed. 2 a cause of ruin; something …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MUTUAL — adj. 1 (of feelings, actions, etc.) experienced or done by each of two or more parties with reference to the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DESTRUCTION — n. 1 the act or an instance of destroying; the process of being destroyed. 2 a cause of ruin; something …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MUTUAL — adj.1 (of feelings, actions, etc.) experienced or done by each of two or more parties with reference to the other …
Oxford English vocab
DESTRUCTION — n.1 the act or an instance of destroying; the process of being destroyed. 2 a cause of ruin; something that …
Oxford English vocab
MUTUAL — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. You use mutual to describe a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DESTRUCTION — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Destruction is the act of destroying something, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ASSURED — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is assured is very …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DESTRUCTION — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Destruction is the act of destroying something, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MUTUAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a mutual friend (= someone who is a friend of both you and someone else …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DESTRUCTION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the destruction of a habitat ▪ It is in south Texas that the destruction of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ASSURED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN tenancy ▪ Retirement Assured, which lets sheltered apartments to the elderly on assured tenancies …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MUTUAL — [adjective] [not gradable] - (of two or more people or groups) feeling the same emotion, or doing the same thing …
Cambridge English vocab
DESTRUCTION — [noun] [U]Many people are very concerned about the destruction of the rainforests.Unusually high winds have left a trail of destruction …
Cambridge English vocab
ASSURED — [adjective]Now that the finance has been secured, the production of the film is assured.
Cambridge English vocab
DESTRUCTION — Synonyms and related words : Waterloo, abomination, abscission, amputation, annihilation, assassination, atrocity, bad, bane, bankruptcy, beating, befoulment, bereavement, blight, blood, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ASSURED — Synonyms and related words : affianced, arrogant, ascertained, aspiring, assurance, assuredness, attested, balanced, believing, betrothed, bound, certain, certified, certitude, clear-cut, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ASSURED — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: CONFIDENT 1, sanguine, secure, self-assured, self-confident, undoubtful Related Words: collected, composed, cool, imperturbable, unflappable, unruffled; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ASSURED — adjective 1. Synonyms: confident 1, sanguine, secure, self-assured, self-confident, undoubtful Related Word: collected, composed, cool, imperturbable, unflappable, unruffled; game, plucky, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
ASSURED — adj. 1 confident VERBS ▪ be , feel , look , rest , seem ▪ You can rest ~ that …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ASSURED — • ↑ be assured of
Longman Activator English vocab
DESTRUCTION — n. 25B6; noun the destruction by allied bombers : DEMOLITION, wrecking, ruination, blasting, bombing; wreckage, ruins. the destruction of the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

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