Nuclear option (disambiguation)
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The nuclear option is a political tactic used in the United States Senate.
Nuclear option may also refer to:
- Nuclear warfare
- Nuclear weapon
- A hyperbole by analogy to nuclear weapons, referring to the most extreme amongst a range of options
- Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union, a political tactic, is sometimes called the nuclear option