Usually means: War initiated to prevent future threats.
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  1. preventive war: Wiktionary
  2. preventive war: Infoplease Dictionary
  3. preventive war: Dictionary.com
  4. Preventive war: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. preventive war: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Preventive war: Urban Dictionary

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  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (preventive war)

noun:  War started by one of the parties without having received any attack from the other party. This type of war is initiated by states unable to use diplomacy

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