International Politics Terminology

noun a final demand or statement of terms, the rejection of which will result in retaliation or a breakdown in relations

• The company issued an ultimatum to the striking workers, demanding they return to work within 24 hours.
• My parents gave me an ultimatum to either clean my room or lose my allowance.
• If you don't finish your homework by tonight, I'm gonna drop the ultimatum and make you do it all tomorrow.
• The ultimatum from the rival gang was clear - leave the territory or face the consequences.

noun a state or period of peace that is tense or precarious

adjective describing the type of peace as intense or heated

• The diplomats worked tirelessly to achieve a hot peace agreement between the two warring countries.
• The two sides finally reached a hot peace after months of negotiations.
• The situation was tense, but they managed to settle on a hot peace deal.
• Their relationship was like a hot peace, always on the brink of conflict but somehow managing to stay peaceful.

verb to use nuclear weapons or to escalate a situation to a nuclear level

• The country threatened to go nuclear if their demands were not met.
• If you don't stop bothering me, I'll go nuclear on you.
• I was so angry, I was ready to go nuclear on them.
• When the argument escalated, she decided to go nuclear and bring up past grievances.