glass parking lot
English
Etymology
Nuclear explosions can convert sand into glass (Trinitite).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒt
Noun
glass parking lot (uncountable)
- (US, informal) Total destruction in the aftermath of a nuclear attack.
- 2015, Brad Roberts, The Case for U.S. Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century:
- […] it is common for Americans to respond with the convictions that "they wouldn't dare" and "we'll turn them into a glass parking lot" (that is, we'll attack them with nuclear weapons until there is nothing left of them).
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