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Terminate with extreme prejudice

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Extreme prejudice is a term coined to discribe the attitude and behavior exhibited by a certain armed force on any particular mission. This attitude of "extreme prejudice" implies a high degree of aggressive "take no prisoners" action. An authoritative entity may give the order to "Proceed with extreme prejudice," which implies to the party recieving the order that there is to be no mercy shown. This term does not always have to be applied to a military or armed group, for it can also be applied with convential applications. A boss can tell a underling to proceed with "extreme prejudice" when givein a presentation or preparing a report, simply giving the underling a sense of the message that should be conveyed.