| 单词 | second strike |
| 释义 | > as lemmassecond strike second strike n. a second, retaliatory attack conducted with weapons designed to withstand an initial nuclear attack or first strike; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] > counter-attack or retaliation reprisal1641 counter-offensive1909 slap-back1931 massive retaliation1954 second strike1960 1960 Guardian 27 July 16/3 Rockefeller's plea for ‘all the money it takes’ to ensure the United States ‘the deterrent capability of a massive and superior second strike’. 1960 Guardian 12 Sept. 9/1 We would need superior reconnaissance and target acquisition systems... These would need to be supported by a secure second-strike capability to reduce the risk of being outflanked. 1963 Listener 31 Jan. 194/1 The Soviet Union almost certainly has a ‘second strike’ capacity too. 1976 Ld. Home Way Wind Blows x. 152 As a second-strike weapon it [sc. the Polaris submarine] was a real deterrent. second strike e. A sudden military attack concentrated on selected targets; also occasionally concrete, the force used in such an attack. Also (chiefly with reference to the use of nuclear weapons) preceded by a qualifying word, as first-strike, pre-emptive strike, second strike: see under the first elements. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] fiend-reseOE frumresec1275 assault1297 sault1297 inracea1300 sailing13.. venuea1330 checkc1330 braid1340 affrayc1380 outrunningc1384 resinga1387 wara1387 riota1393 assailc1400 assayc1400 onset1423 rake?a1425 pursuitc1425 assemblinga1450 brunta1450 oncominga1450 assembly1487 envaya1500 oncomea1500 shovea1500 front1523 scry1523 attemptate1524 assaulting1548 push1565 brash1573 attempt1584 affront?1587 pulse1587 affret1590 saliaunce1590 invasion1591 assailment1592 insultation1596 aggressa1611 onslaught1613 source1616 confronta1626 impulsion1631 tentative1632 essaya1641 infall1645 attack1655 stroke1698 insult1710 coup de main1759 onfall1837 hurrah1841 beat-up of quarters1870 offensive1887 strafe1915 grand slam1916 hop-over1918 run1941 strike1942 1942 [see strike patrol n. at Compounds 1b(a)]. 1943 ‘T. Dudley-Gordon’ Coastal Command ii. 16 When the Admiralty desires a special reconnaissance or strike to be ‘laid on’. 1943 Yank 19 Nov. 3 But, when the last strike returned, there were no bullet holes, no torn fabric and the pilots climbed out unhurt. 1945 Times 3 May 3/3 Destroyers of the East Indies Fleet bombarded airfields..and followed this up with an air strike. 1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 520 The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western hemisphere. 1972 Newsweek 10 Jan. 1/1 Described by the Pentagon as ‘protective-reaction’ strikes, the bombings in fact signaled to the world the continuing U.S. interest in Southeast Asia. 1979 H. Kissinger White House Years xxiii. 983 The Son Tay raid was accompanied by a two-day strike by 200 airplanes against North Vietnamese supply installations. < as lemmas |
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