nuclear option

An act of retribution or last resort that is unwarranted or overly severe in its consequences.

She de-friending him on Facebook was the nuclear option; it was unnecessary and embarassed him in front of his friends.

by outnabout April 21, 2010

nuclear option

The new, hip word for 'last resort' coined by the creative vocabularies in the united states senate.

Buying out the Mom & Pop store was the nuclear option.

by Brisk June 03, 2005

nuclear option

The term for the Republican maneuver to severely limit filibusters in the Senate, thereby granting a large amount of power to a simple Majority.

If the GOP excercises the nuclear option, the U.S. is in deep doo-doo.

by GPF April 11, 2005

Nuclear Option

When a group outlandishly robbed something, then whine as if they are being mistreated when others try to interject them from bringing the stolen good home.

The republican party invoked the nuclear option to confirm gorsuch to the supreme court, dude who should have never been there

by chugchugpickle April 06, 2017

The Nuclear Option

The common act when a classmate searches something embarrassing on your school computer so you get revenge by searching, on their computer, "gay down syndrome midget BBC zootopia fart p*rn" on their computer as revenge.

Classmate: WTF why did you search that on my computer?! The school will see it on my browsing history

Other guy: I had to take the nuclear option unfortunately

by TheWasianSensation April 10, 2022

Nuclear option

The BEST option! Light them up! We'll see how tough they are with their bones disintegrated.

Hym "The best option! The nuclear option! Get em. Get em out of here. Let's all go meet God together!"

by Hym Iam August 22, 2025