Usually means: Attack first to prevent threat.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word pre-emptive strike:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. pre-emptive strike: Vocabulary.com
  2. pre-emptive strike: Dictionary.com
  3. Pre-emptive strike: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. pre-emptive strike: Rhymezone
  5. pre-emptive strike: FreeDictionary.org
  6. pre-emptive strike: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. pre-emptive strike: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pre-emptive Strike: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See pre-emptive_strikes as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (pre-emptive strike)

noun:  a surprise attack that is launched in order to prevent the enemy from doing it to you


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