单词	nuclear option
释义	nuclear option noun 1 : the option of using nuclear weapons in war … it is now unimaginable that we would use anything approaching the full measure of our military power (the nuclear option aside) in the wars we fight. Shelby Steele 2 : an extreme option regarded as a drastic step or last resort The EU has most leverage over countries that are desperate to join. Once in the club, with full voting rights, countries can answer back, leaving their peers with only the nuclear option of trying to expel them. The Economist specifically, US politics : a parliamentary procedure in the U.S. Senate by which the requirement of the affirmative votes of a supermajority of senators is changed to require only a simple majority to invoke cloture in order to stop a filibuster and allow a vote on a matter (such as a judicial nomination) to proceed Since Republicans can't muster the 60 votes necessary to overcome this particular filibuster, they now want to use their authority over Senate procedures to abolish the maneuver itself, at least for judicial nominees. Exercising this "nuclear option," as it is known, would theoretically require the support of just a simple majority of senators, which Republican leaders say they are on the verge of solidifying. Jonathan Cohn Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Already, some experts are mulling the nuclear option: ACAM2000, the smallpox shot that the government has been hoarding to counter a potential bioterrorism attack. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2022 And will the Padres’ latest nuclear option – nuking their farm system – render them anything more than just the Dodgers’ hermanito to the south? Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2022 Whether or not a criminal case is brought, simply the prospect of jail time — coupled with the nuclear option — may be the only way the SEC can stop Musk from breaking the rules. Charles K. Whitehead For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 6 July 2022 Residency training programs are accredited by the ACGME, though the nuclear option of removing a program’s accreditation is rarely used. Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT, 23 June 2022 In the end, Macron also still has what in French political terms is the nuclear option. David A. Andelman, CNN, 20 June 2022 In the third study, published in Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, Peeling and his colleagues examine the nuclear option. Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 8 July 2020 Disconnecting an entire country from SWIFT is considered the nuclear option of economic sanctions. Charles Riley, CNN, 28 Feb. 2022 Democrats must either overcome a 60-vote threshold in the full Senate, requiring 10 GOP votes to bring the nomination to the floor, or change the Senate rules on a party-line vote, known as the nuclear option. Manu Raju, Ted Barrett And Alex Rogers, CNN, 15 Feb. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1962, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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