đảm bảo phá huỷ lẫn nhau

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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đảm bảo (to assure) +‎ phá huỷ (to destroy) +‎ lẫn nhau (mutual).

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːm˧˩ ʔɓaːw˧˩ faː˧˦ hwi˧˩ lən˦ˀ˥ ɲaw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːm˧˨ ʔɓaːw˧˨ faː˨˩˦ hwɪj˧˨ ləŋ˧˨ ɲaw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːm˨˩˦ ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ faː˦˥ wɪj˨˩˦ ləŋ˨˩˦ ɲa(ː)w˧˧]

Noun

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đảm bảo phá huỷ lẫn nhau

  1. mutual assured destruction (mutual deterrence between countries possessing nuclear weapons, based on the capacity of each to inflict major damage on the other in response to a first strike)