Tactical Nuke
Noun · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
An aggressive intervention that solves a problem decisively but with large collateral effects. In engineering slang, tactical nukes are reserved for cases where subtlety has already failed.
In plain English: An extreme fix that works by accepting major side effects.
Example: "Deleting the poisoned queue and replaying from a clean checkpoint was a tactical nuke, but the corrupted backlog left them few good alternatives."