Pre-emptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force.
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Examples for "first strike"
Examples for "first strike"
1The first strike by a Burraq drone was reported in early September.
2Tai has previous convictions for which he received a first strike warning.
3Now the first strike was at the other end of the island.
4The singularity of this did not at first strike the young man.
5But details of the simulated first strike have only now been revealed.
1I immediately ordered the United States' armed forces to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike.
2North Korea has already said that it reserves the right to a pre-emptive nuclear strike against aggressors.
3The North has also said it has cancelled the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean war and threatened the US with a pre-emptive nuclear strike.
4In the past, they have led to a surge in tensions, with Pyongyang threatening pre-emptive nuclear strikes and attacks on South Korean and US targets.
Translations for pre-emptive nuclear strike