Basically a Mexican standoff between prominent countries that possess nuclear weapons and have different polictical agendas. Causes the entire world to be gripped in a sort of doomsday fatalism. Also results in peace talks to boil down to a pissing match in which each side takes a "I'll-throw-down-my-gun-if-you-throw-down-your-gun-first" attitude.
In "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" the apes may have survived if they had thier own nukes. The mutant humans wouldn't have used thier nuke because of fear of mutually assured destruction. Which didn't matter anyway, because they all ended up dead, like a bunch of pork rinds.
by Pigeon McNugget October 8, 2003
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Daamn my ex! Back at it again with calling me Ms. Assumptions when he's the one assuming everything is about him. He's the one assuming here - a Mr Assumptions.
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The persons worldview was based on a fictitious assumption paradigm.
Fictitious assumption paradigms often exist in complex problems and pattern recognition.
Americans often hold fictitious assumption paradigms about foreign countries and leaders because they never travel.
Fictitious assumption paradigms often exist in complex problems and pattern recognition.
Americans often hold fictitious assumption paradigms about foreign countries and leaders because they never travel.
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McDonald's and Burger King were so concerned with market share with the Big Mac and Whopper that they lost sight of the button line and in an effort to one-up the other in marketing dollars and thus market share, they are both now doomed. It is mutually assured bankruptcy.
by Fat Aaron January 13, 2020
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David and I's relationship devolved to a platform of mutually assured destruction. He nearly took my life, so I made sure to destroy his reputation. He took my money, so I took his. He cheated on me, so I cheated on him. We were both nearly destroyed by the end.
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