| 单词 | preemptive strike |
| 释义 | preemptive strikenoun Military.an attack against an enemy in response to an obvious threat of attack by that enemy: because preemptive strikes are prompted more by clearly imminent danger than by speculation, they generally are considered acceptable in international law. Compare preventive war. Origin of preemptive strikeFirst recorded in 1955–60 Words nearby preemptive strikepreempt, preemption, preemptive, preemptively, preemptive right, preemptive strike, preen, preengage, preengineered, preen gland, preequalization Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for preemptive strikepreemptive strike A first-strike attack with nuclear weapons carried out to destroy an enemy's capacity to respond. A preemptive strike is based on the assumption that the enemy is planning an imminent attack. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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