Anxious
Shot down
Both terms in one sentence
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Nuclear Weapons Taboo: Borderline Anvilicious sometimes; the earlier movies especially would bring up atomic bombs as a way to destroy Godzilla and the other monsters, but would always get shot down because no one was anxious to destroy Tokyo and a large chunk of Japan in the process.
Source: Franchise / Godzilla
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