first strike

noun

: a preemptive nuclear attack

first-strike

ˈfərs(t)-ˈstrīk

adjective

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Russian President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for his country’s use of nuclear weapons Tuesday as the Defense Ministry announced that Ukraine had carried out its first strike on Russian territory using the U.S.-supplied long-range weapons. —

Mosheh Gains, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2024 Ukraine carried out its first strike using the weapons inside Russia on Tuesday. —

Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024 The decision came after Ukraine’s first strike on Russian territory with U.S.-supplied long-range weapons and President Joe Biden authorized the provision of antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine to help fight off Moscow's forces. —

Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2024 Ukraine conducted its first strike using ATACMS inside Russia on Tuesday, hitting a munitions storage facility near the western Russia city of Karachev in the Bryansk region. —

Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for first strike