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noun • someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.) • the leading military unit in an attack • the head and sharpened point of a spear verb • be the leader of | ||||||||
| 37% | 11 | Lead-up to a military attack | ||||||
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noun • a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position • (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation) | ||||||||
Lead A Military Attack
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1 | From the Latin for “spring at, jump upon”, a word for an attack or military assault originally, later an affront, slight or other contemptuous remark
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6 | Resistance against attack, danger or harm; a country’s military forces; the plea of the accused in a lawsuit; or, the action of protecting one’s goal or wicket against the opposition
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7 | The idea that an attack on one member nation of an alliance is considered an attack on all member nations |
