Empty Quiver

(US, euphemistic, military) A significant incident with a nuclear weapon, nuclear components, or nuclear-bearing vehicle.

(US, military, historical) 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.

(chiefly, US, literal) To fire all of the cartridges in the magazine of an automatic or semi-automatic firearm.

(slang, derogatory, idiomatic, also, politics) An ineffective or incompetent person in a place of authority.

(chiefly, US, idiomatic, by extension) To speak vehemently, especially in an outraged, insulting, or threatening manner.