pre-emptive strike

The end game began with a pre-emptive strike on Washington.

As a kind of pre-emptive strike, people even called about themselves.

It all gets involved with this question of pre-emptive strike.

He suggested we go for the pre-emptive strike and fight it.

In many ways, the research initiative is a pre-emptive strike.

Rather than risk being attacked, the child makes a pre-emptive strike.

His death has been used to justify the possible pre-emptive strike against Iraq.

Today's move amounted to a pre-emptive strike by the Administration.

"Then you have to assume it's going to get out and the only thing you've got left is a pre-emptive strike," he said.

I personally do not know a single person in favor of a pre-emptive strike against Iraq.