Usually means: Attack to prevent future threat.
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  1. preventive strike: Vocabulary.com
  2. preventive strike: Dictionary.com
  3. preventive strike: Rhymezone
  4. preventive strike: FreeDictionary.org
  5. preventive strike: Mnemonic Dictionary
  6. preventive strike: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces


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