Pre-emptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force.
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Examples for "first strike "
Examples for "first strike "
1 The first strike by a Burraq drone was reported in early September.
2 Tai has previous convictions for which he received a first strike warning.
3 Now the first strike was at the other end of the island.
4 The singularity of this did not at first strike the young man.
5 But details of the simulated first strike have only now been revealed.
1 I immediately ordered the United States' armed forces to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike .
2 North Korea has already said that it reserves the right to a pre-emptive nuclear strike against aggressors.
3 The 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 .
4 In 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.
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Translations for pre-emptive nuclear strike