Samson Option

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  1. A last-resort strategy employed by the State of Israel involving massive nuclear retaliation within and outside of the State of Israel. uncountable,usually
    — The Samson Option states that Moshe Dayan gave the go-ahead for starting weapon production in early 1968, putting the plutonium separation plant into full operation.
  2. Any massively destructive strategy used as a last resort, especially one that is also self-destructive. broadly,figuratively,uncountable,usually
    — Whatever the eventual shape of the new world order, it should leave no room for "Samson options."

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In reference to Samson in the Bible, who destroyed the Philistine temple in which he was captured in a suicide attack.
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