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broken arrow

The English word “broken arrow” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A callout marker that consists of a dashed line with an arrowhead.
  2. Any of a series of accidental nuclear events in the Cold War, involving nuclear weapons or warheads fallen from aircrafts, which could have triggered a nuclear war.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see broken, arrow.
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