Difficult to define exactly, but it's not the actual *name* of a situation or doctrine. Rather, it describes the outcome of a given action in the circumstances:
In the case of the US and USSR, their shared determination to retaliate to an attack by the other - given the size of their nuclear arsenals - would've assured mutual destruction.
by Richter September 20, 2003
Get the mutually assured destructionmug. a group of people on Stan Twitter consisting mostly of Swifties that are skinny iconic legends
although it had a fall out due to one dumb bitch, it still lives on today as Ethan Hate Cult
although it had a fall out due to one dumb bitch, it still lives on today as Ethan Hate Cult
by taylena1989 June 1, 2019
Get the Super Ex-Mutualsmug. The act of three beautiful and talented AMPers coming together to share thoughts, challenges and ideas for the mutual benefit of all parties. Discussions take place with such speed and uniformity of understanding that it would appear as though the members are licking the ideas out of each others heads - hence the term.
Hi Mark, did you solve that big problem?
Yes Pete, I had a session with Ryan and SJ and sorted it all out whilst also benefitting them both. It were a right proper mutual brain licking.
Yes Pete, I had a session with Ryan and SJ and sorted it all out whilst also benefitting them both. It were a right proper mutual brain licking.
by mutualbrainlicker August 31, 2016
Get the mutual brain lickingmug. The point at which you and another person get so passive-aggressive to each other that it doesn't matter who started it, because at this point you're both just plain douchebags.
Person A turns down the thermostat. Person B waits for A to leave, turns it back up. Repeat until one has to leave out of frustration. This is the point of mutually assured douchebaggery.
by thatguy20 July 8, 2012
Get the mutually assured douchebaggerymug. by Daddy big foot June 15, 2021
Get the Mutual appreciation daymug. by sstelladoc March 15, 2018
Get the Nutual (nut mutual)mug. The outrightly suicidal strategy of nations protecting themselves from nuclear (or, in more recent days, chemical or biological) attack by preparing enough weapons to reduce the attacking country to rubble even as they are themselves wiped out.
Basically, if you're going to be screwed over, make sure the rest of the world is, too.
Basically, if you're going to be screwed over, make sure the rest of the world is, too.
During the Cold War, the US and the USSR built massive stockpiles of nuclear weapons while following a strategy of mutually assured destruction
by Sparky August 30, 2003
Get the mutually assured destructionmug.