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pre-emptive attack

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meanings of pre-emptiveand attack


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pre-emptive
adjective
uk /ˌpriːˈemp.tɪv/ us /ˌpriːˈemp.tɪv/
If something is pre-emptive, it is done before other people can act, especially to prevent them from doing ...
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attack
noun
uk /əˈtæk/ us /əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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Examples of pre-emptive attack


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It therefore became possible for him to approve both the pre-emptiveattack and the defence against it as just causes.
With a skeleton staff they would undoubtedly be vulnerable to pre-emptiveattack, in a way that our present bases are not.
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Nevertheless, it would still make a pre-emptiveattack a less credible and much less sane policy.
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Cruise would also have to be put in a submarine if it was to be invulnerable to pre-emptiveattack.
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The force that we have possesses immensely formidable striking power and is effectively invulnerable to pre-emptiveattack.
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The aircraft are vulnerable to attack unless air defences are destroyed by a massive pre-emptiveattack, with all the risks of military escalation.
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Is it not the case that it may not be necessary to launch a pre-emptiveattack with the aim of stopping an attack?
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They are less vulnerable, in my opinion, and therefore a less tempting target for pre-emptiveattack once they are deployed from their bases.
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It should also reduce the risk in a crisis of pre-emptiveattack or war by miscalculation.
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On the one hand, both sides are on the point of deploying systems that would immensely increase the risk of pre-emptiveattack, which would make arms control infinitely more difficult.
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The threat should not be dealt with by unilateral counter-proliferation pre-emptive attacks.
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