FIRST STRIKE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons; considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate

Example:

the Pakistani president promised no first strike against India

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("first 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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