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n. An attack launched as a defensive measure.
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Preemptive Strike is a compilation album of DJ Shadow's singles released on the UK record label Mo'Wax between 1991-1997.
A Preemptive strike refers to a surprise attack launched with the stated intention of countering an anticipated enemy offensive.
Preemptive strike may also refer to:
- Preemptive Strike (album), a retrospective compilation album of DJ Shadow's singles released on the UK record label Mo'Wax
- Pre-Emptive Strike, a three-track release by American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch
- "Preemptive Strike" (TNG episode), a seventh season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
"Preemptive Strike" is the 176th episode of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It is the 24th episode of the seventh season, directed by cast member Patrick Stewart ( Captain Jean-Luc Picard).
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Federation starship USS Enterprise-D. In this episode, the recurring character Ro Laren ( Michelle Forbes), a court-martialed Starfleet officer who first appeared in the episode “Ensign Ro”, finds her loyalties divided between Starfleet and a group of resistance fighters who oppose the Cardassian Union, as she and her fellow Bajorans once did.
Pre-Emptive Strike is the debut studio EP by American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch, which was officially released on July 10, 2007, through Firm Music as a digital download to the American iTunes Store. It was entirely produced by Logan Mader. The live version of "The Devil's Own" was recorded at a performance in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Usage examples of "preemptive strike".
But I'm not 'taking the wraps off' until we've produced enough of the new ships and hardware to deter the Manties from a preemptive strike.
It was nothing less than a new concept for a war with Iraq, one which might be executed as a preemptive strike.
Dado is for a preemptive strike against Syria, but Dayan opposes it.
Their preemptive strike would do just the opposite of what was intended: ignite a nuclear exchange, not head one off.
If Pike thought the Talosians were mounting an attack on the Federation, he could set into motion a preemptive strike that would drain Federation resources at a time when they were already facing threats on too many fronts.
Perhaps even manage a preemptive strike, something that might disperse the wave of an oncoming horde before it broke upon the Realm's shores.
Stiffly, Min discussed the disposition of Earth's forces and the defense of human space in case the Amnion attempted a preemptive strike of their own.
Now he understands it as Doug's implicit nod to the world's moral ambiguity, and a pretty deft preemptive strike against any more inflated rhetoric.