Preattack
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Preattack is an adjective meaning Before an attack.
Meaning
Before an attack.
Example Sentences
White House complaints that homeland defense would be threatened are, in fact, contradicted by the history of 9/11 and the F.B.I. field agent whose preattack warnings to superiors went unheeded.
In contrast to cyberprotection, cyberresilience anticipates that a cyberattack will succeed. It has in place methods for rapid detection, cushioning the effects and quickly restoring systems to their pre-attack state.
Word Forms
- pre-attack
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prebattle, prefight, precombat, postattack, preictal, prepainful.
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