| 单词 | preventive war |
| 释义 | preventive warSEE SYNONYMS FOR preventive war ON THESAURUS.COM noun Military.an attack against a presumed enemy to prevent a possible attack by that enemy at a later time: because preventive wars are prompted more by speculation than by clearly imminent danger, they generally are considered unacceptable in international law. Compare preemptive strike. Origin of preventive warFirst recorded in 1630–40 Words nearby preventive warpreventive dentistry, preventive detention, preventive law, preventive medicine, preventive treatment, preventive war, preverb, preverbal, Prévert, prevertebral ganglia, preview Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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