Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nuclear_deterrence

1 sense of nuclear deterrence

Sense 1
nuclear deterrence -- (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")
       => deterrence -- (the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety)
       => doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism -- (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)