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preemptive strike

preemptive strike noun: an attack launched as a defensive measure.

Noun

preemptive strike (plural preemptive strikes)

  1. An attack launched as a defensive measure.
    • In every war the salarians have fought, they struck first and without warning. For the salarians, to know an enemy plans to attack and to let it happen is folly. To announce their own plans to attack is insanity. They find the human moral concepts of "do not fire until fired upon" and "declare a...2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Salarians: Military Doctrine Codex entry

preemptive strike meaning in Persian

preemptive strike in Persian

Translations
حملهٔ پیشدستانه hamle-ye piš-dastâne

Forms of preemptive strike

pluralpreemptive strikes

Questions about preemptive strike

What does preemptive strike mean?
Preemptive strike means an attack launched as a defensive measure.
What is preemptive strike in Persian?
Preemptive strike in Persian is حملهٔ پیشدستانه (hamle-ye piš-dastâne). See Preemptive strike meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is preemptive strike?
Preemptive strike is a noun.
What is the plural of preemptive strike?
The plural of preemptive strike is preemptive strikes.

Words near preemptive strike in the dictionary

  1. preemptions
  2. preemptive
  3. preemptive right
  4. preemptive rights
  5. preemptive self-defence
  6. preemptive strike
  7. preemptive strikes
  8. preemptively
  9. preemptor
  10. preemptorally
  11. preemptorily

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