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first strike

 
Noun first strike has 1 sense
  1. 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"
    --1 is a kind of
    strike
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