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anticipatory retaliation

anticipatory retaliation noun: the carrying out of a preemptive strike.

Noun

anticipatory retaliation (uncountable)

  1. (euphemistic) The carrying out of a preemptive strike.

Questions about anticipatory retaliation

What does anticipatory retaliation mean?
Anticipatory retaliation means the carrying out of a preemptive strike.
What part of speech is anticipatory retaliation?
Anticipatory retaliation is a noun.

Words near anticipatory retaliation in the dictionary

  1. anticipatory its
  2. anticipatory obedience
  3. anticipatory paging
  4. anticipatory repudiation
  5. anticipatory repudiations
  6. anticipatory retaliation
  7. anticipointment
  8. anticipointments
  9. anticippointment
  10. anticircular
  11. anticircumcision

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