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Noun: 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"
Derived forms: first strikes
Type of: strike
Encyclopedia: First strike
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First Vatican Council
First Viscount Haldane of Cloan
First Viscount Nuffield
first visual area
first water
First World
First World War
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