nuclear button

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The means (not likely literally a button) of quickly and easily launching nuclear warheads.
    — Imagine, now, this irrepressible figure [Boris Johnson] transposed to the Group of 8 summit chamber, or with his finger on the nuclear button, or in the Downing Street equivalent of the White House Situation Room, deciding whether or not to send British troops to war.
  2. The means of triggering a huge controversy, fight, or act of destruction. broadly
    — The four left the meeting and in their absence the nuclear button was pushed. A daring plan was hatched to fully underwrite Ireland's entire banking network.

词形变化

nuclear buttons plural
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