nuclear option

nuclear option
 n.— «Morgan Grenfell chose the “nuclear option” and asked Mr Collier to resign. There is, of course, a range of lesser sanctions appropriate to lesser misdemeanours.» —“Collier case seen as shot across bows of would-be rule breakers” by Richard Thomson Times (U.K.) Nov. 12, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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