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SURGICAL STRIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does surgical strike mean?
• SURGICAL STRIKE (noun)
The noun SURGICAL STRIKE has 1 sense:
1. an attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target
Familiarity information: SURGICAL STRIKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("surgical 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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