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first strike
a surprise attack with nuclear weapons, made with the intention of destroying an enemy nation's means of effective retaliation
Related Forms:
- first-strike first′·-strike′ (fʉrst′strīk′) adjective
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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