Definitions from Wiktionary (Dead Hand)
▸ noun: A residual undesirable influence from the past.
▸ noun: (card games) A hand that is dealt but not used during a card game.
▸ noun: A system capable of closing a strategic nuclear strike control loop in the absence of normal command and control channels, analogous in concept to a deadman switch, in anticipation of a decapitation strike. Implemented by the Soviet Union and by the Russian Federation as the successor state thereof.
dead hand of the past,
dead mans hand,
dead man's hand,
dead hand control,
Dead man's hand in popular culture,
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▸ noun: A residual undesirable influence from the past.
▸ noun: (card games) A hand that is dealt but not used during a card game.
▸ noun: A system capable of closing a strategic nuclear strike control loop in the absence of normal command and control channels, analogous in concept to a deadman switch, in anticipation of a decapitation strike. Implemented by the Soviet Union and by the Russian Federation as the successor state thereof.
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mortmain,
dead hand of the past,
dead wood,
dead-leg,
dead leg,
dead-handedness,
deadhandedness,
dead weight,
deadleg,
dead letter,
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