Usually means: Threatening overwhelming response to attack.
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  1. massive retaliation: Wiktionary
  2. massive retaliation: Infoplease Dictionary
  3. massive retaliation: Dictionary.com
  4. Massive Retaliation (film), Massive Retaliation, Massive retaliation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (massive retaliation)

noun:  A military doctrine and nuclear strategy by which a state commits itself to retaliate with much greater force when attacked.

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