Mutual Assured Destruction Each side completely destroys the other in an exchange of nuclear weapons
Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform
Someone who is mad has a mind that does not work in a normal way, with the result that their behaviour is very strange. She was afraid of going mad. = insane + madness mad·ness He was driven to the brink of madness
If you say that someone or something drives you mad, you mean that you find them extremely annoying. There are certain things he does that drive me mad This itching is driving me mad
A situation in which each nuclear superpower has the capability of launching a devastating nuclear second strike even after an enemy has attacked it The belief that a MAD capacity prevents nuclear war is the basis of deterrence by punishment theory
Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness