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Second, they’re trying to ensure that we can’t nuke them without worrying that they will nuke us back—in which case we probably won’t nuke them in the first place.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2021

"On Unix, `rm -r /usr' will nuke everything in the usr filesystem."

From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Raymond, Eric S.

"On Unix, rm -r /usr will nuke everything in the usr filesystem."

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

"On UNIX, `rm -r /usr' will nuke everything in the usr filesystem."

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.