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first strike
noun
: a nuclear attack against an enemy before the enemy can attack
Full Definition of FIRST STRIKE
: a preemptive nuclear attack
— first–strike adjective
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First Known Use of FIRST STRIKE
1960
Rhymes with FIRST STRIKE
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