Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun first_strike

1 sense of first strike

Sense 1
first strike -- (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")
       => strike -- (an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective; "the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn")