Term: pre-emptive strike: a surprise attack that is launched in order to prevent the enemy from doing it to you
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: luster: a quality that outshines the usual
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: backscratcher: someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: funnel: a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: willet: large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: constancy: the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: brand-name drug: a drug that has a trade name and is protected by a patent (can be produced and sold only by the company holding the patent)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: percussion: the act of exploding a percussion cap
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: steamboat: a boat propelled by a steam engine
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: tragic flaw: the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: podilymbus: a genus of Podicipedidae