Preattack

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Before an attack. not-comparable

    "White House complaints that homeland defense would be threatened are, in fact, contradicted by the history of 9/11 and the F.B.I. field agent whose preattack warnings to superiors went unheeded."

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"White House complaints that homeland defense would be threatened are, in fact, contradicted by the history of 9/11 and the F.B.I. field agent whose preattack warnings to superiors went unheeded."

Etymology

From pre- + attack.

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