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PREVENTIVE STRIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does preventive strike mean?
• PREVENTIVE STRIKE (noun)
The noun PREVENTIVE STRIKE has 1 sense:
1. a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces
Familiarity information: PREVENTIVE STRIKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
preventive attack; preventive strike
Hypernyms ("preventive strike" is a kind of...):
strike (an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective)
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