Search Result for "preventive_strike":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces;
[syn: preventive strike, preventive attack]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

preventive strike
    n 1: a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected
         aggression by hostile forces [syn: preventive strike,
         preventive attack]