Related Words for nuclear option

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nothing for it
/x//
Phrase, Noun
best bet
//
Phrase, Noun
time bomb
//
Phrase, Noun
heavy artillery
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
kamikaze
xx/x
Noun
hot water
//x
Phrase, Noun
hatchet job
/x/
Phrase, Noun
pulling the plug
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
fork
/
Noun
golden opportunity
/xxx/xx
Name, Name
rearguard action
///x
Phrase, Noun
silver bullet
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
last straw
//
Phrase, Noun
quantum leap
/x/
Phrase, Noun
race against time
/x//
Phrase, Noun
hell to pay
///
Phrase, Noun
magic bullet
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
tightrope
/x
Noun
loophole
/x
Noun
bomb
/
Noun
cut and thrust
///
Phrase, Noun
proverbial
x/xx
Adjective
sliding door
/x/
Phrase, Noun
pressure cooker
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
works
/
Noun
fighting chance
/x/
Phrase, Noun
turn of events
//x/
Phrase, Noun
level best
/x/
Phrase, Noun
wiggle room
/x/
Phrase, Noun
quick fix
//
Phrase, Noun
blame game
//
Phrase, Noun
save
/
Verb
poison pill
/x/
Phrase, Noun
toast
/
Noun
heavy lifting
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
yield
/
Noun
pickle
/x
Noun
clean break
//
Phrase, Noun
big deal
//
Name, Name
kiss of death
///
Phrase, Noun
breaking point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
smoking gun
/x/
Phrase, Noun
everything but the kitchen sink
/xx/x/x/
Phrase, Noun
killer instinct
/xxx
Phrase, Noun
hair trigger
//x
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
big shot
//
Name, Name
uphill battle
///x
Phrase, Noun
bigger fish to fry
/x///
Phrase, Noun
modus operandi
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
elephant in the room
/xxxx/
Phrase, Noun
insurance
x/x
Noun
shot in the dark
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
drop in the bucket
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
pivot
/x
Noun
joke
/
Noun
door
/
Noun
warning sign
/x/
Phrase, Noun
brainstorm
/x
Noun
bottleneck
/xx
Noun
tough love
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
crash course
//
Phrase, Noun
tip of the iceberg
//x/x
Phrase, Noun
bone to pick
///
Phrase, Noun
cave in
/x
Phrase, Verb, Noun
kettle of fish
/x//
Phrase, Noun
full speed ahead
//x/
Phrase, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
torture
/x
Noun
basket case
/x/
Phrase, Noun
which way the wind is blowing
//x///x
Phrase, Noun
railroad
/x
Noun
bloodbath
/x
Noun
cannonball
/xx
Noun
spoiler alert
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
exploit
/x
Verb
climb down
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
free pass
//
Phrase, Noun
smash
/
Noun
catch
/
Noun
sitting duck
/x/
Phrase, Noun
tether
/x
Noun
last hurrah
//x
Phrase, Noun
what it takes
///
Phrase, Noun
fish to fry
///
Phrase, Noun
open season
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
impact
x/
Noun
ability
x/xx
Noun
aircraft
/x
Noun
alt
/
Noun, Adjective
alternate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
alternative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
answer
/x
Noun, Verb
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
approval
x/x
Noun
armament
/xx
Noun
arrangement
x/x
Noun
arsenal
/xx
Noun
atom
/x
Noun
atomic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
auditor
/xx
Noun
availability
xxx/xx
Noun
avenue
/xx
Noun
average
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
aviation
xx/x
Noun
axial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
ballistic
x/x
Adjective
benchmark
/x
Noun, Verb
bet
/
Verb, Noun
call
/
Verb, Noun
capability
xx/xx
Noun
capacity
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cell
/
Noun, Verb
cellular
/xx
Adjective, Noun
central
/x
Adjective, Noun
chain
/
Noun, Verb
chance
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
chosen
/x
Adjective, Noun
clade
/
Noun, Verb
cloud
/
Noun, Verb
conventional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
core
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
countermeasure
/xxx
Noun
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
criterion
x/xx
Noun
cucumber
/xx
Noun
dangerous
/xx
Adjective
death
/
Noun
decision
x/x
Noun, Verb
default
x/
Noun, Verb
defensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
deployments
x/x
Noun
designed
x/
Adjective
discretion
x/x
Noun
dud
/
Noun, Adjective
elect
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
election
x/x
Noun
elective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
eligibility
xxx/xx
Noun
encumbrance
x/x
Noun, Verb
energy
/xx
Noun
entree
/x
Noun
eventuality
xxx/xx
Noun
expeditious
xx/x
Adjective
explosion
x/x
Noun
facility
x/xx
Noun
faculty
/xx
Noun
feasibility
xx/xx
Noun
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
firepower
/xx
Noun
fissile
/x
Adjective
fission
/x
Noun, Verb
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
form
/
Noun, Verb
formula
/xx
Noun
gambit
/x
Noun, Verb
guideline
/x
Noun
holocaust
/xx
Name, Verb
hydroelectric
xxx/x
Adjective
hypothesis
x/xx
Noun
icbm
//x/
Name
idea
x/x
Noun
impossibility
xxx/xx
Noun
incentive stock option
x/x//x
Phrase, Noun
index
/x
Noun, Verb
intelligence
x/xx
Noun
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
likelihood
/xx
Noun
lowercase
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
manufacture
xx/x
Noun, Verb
means
/
Noun
method
/x
Noun, Verb
methodology
xx/xx
Noun
missile
/x
Noun
modality
x/xx
Noun
mode
/
Noun
munitions
x/x
Noun
national
/xx
Name, Adjective
nonconventional
xx/xx
Adjective
none
/
Noun, Adverb
nuclei
/xx
Noun
nuclide
xx
Noun
nuke
/
Noun, Verb
objection
x/x
Noun
objective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
obverse
x/
Noun, Adjective
offensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
opinion
x/x
Noun, Verb
opportunities
xx/xx
Verb
opt
/
Verb, Name
optional
/xx
Adjective, Name
path
/
Noun, Verb
photovoltaic
xxx/x
Adjective
physicist
/xx
Noun
physics
/x
Noun
pick
/
Verb, Noun
plant
/
Noun, Verb
possibility
xx/xx
Noun
possible
/xx
Adjective, Noun
potential
x/x
Adjective, Noun
power
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
precaution
x/x
Noun, Verb
preference
/xx
Noun, Verb
preferred
x/
Adjective, Noun
production
x/x
Noun
programme
/x
Noun, Verb
proposal
x/x
Noun
prospect
/x
Noun, Verb
put
/
Verb, Noun
radio
/xx
Noun, Verb
radioactive
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
reactor
x/x
Noun
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
remedy
/xx
Noun, Verb
renewable
x/xx
Adjective, Name
resort
x/
Noun, Verb
response
x/
Noun
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
rockets
/x
Verb
rods
/
Noun
route
/
Noun, Verb
safeguard
/x
Verb, Noun
scenario
x/xx
Noun
school
/
Noun, Verb
scope
/
Noun, Verb
select
x/
Verb, Name, Adjective
selection
x/x
Noun
setting
/x
Noun, Adjective
settlement
/xx
Noun
shadow
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
shift
/
Noun, Verb
snap
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
solution
x/x
Noun, Verb
song
/
Noun
specialization
xxx/x
Noun
specializing
/xxx
Verb
station
/x
Noun, Verb
statistic
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stockpiled
/x
Verb
straddle
/x
Verb, Noun, Adverb
subscript
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
such
/
Noun
sung
/
Noun
survivable
x/xx
Adjective
sustain
x/
Verb, Noun
tab
/
Noun, Verb
tactic
/x
Noun, Adjective