Synonyms for first strike
first strike

Princeton's WordNet

1. first strikenoun

   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

   "the Pakistani president promised no first strike against India"

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1. Benjamin Friedman:

   The United States has long continued to pursue a first strike capability against all nuclear adversaries -- that is the ability to have enough weapons, and nuclear weapons are most important in that, to destroy their entire arsenal in one go.

2. Salman Badi:

   I was setting with my mates in our ward and then the warplane came and hit with a first strike. And a while later, two more air strikes hit. After that, nothing.

3. Mats Wilander:

   I think she is the most dangerous floater, I would say she is now 100 percent ready, with her game she doesn't need lots of grasscourt matches. When you hit the ball as hard as she does it's first-strike tennis and no one is better than her at that.