WOTD 2026-07-26: first strike (en.wiktionary.org)

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first strike n 🔊

(military) An attack (typically nuclear) launched without warning in the absence of a prior attack by one's opponent, with the intention of destroying the opponent's ability to retaliate.
(criminal law) A first offense by a lawbreaker, as counted by a three-strikes law.
(numismatics) One of the first few coins struck from a new set of dies.

☞ In two days is July 28, the date on which World War I started in 1914.

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