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SURGICAL STRIKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surgical strike mean? 

SURGICAL STRIKE (noun)
  The noun SURGICAL STRIKE has 1 sense:

1. an attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific targetplay

  Familiarity information: SURGICAL STRIKE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SURGICAL STRIKE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("surgical strike" is a kind of...):

strike (an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective)


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