preventive attack preventive • preventive medicine · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · preventive attack · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 17 · · Length 5 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces. Synonyms: preventive strike, preventive attack. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · preventive strike · · Synonym 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 k latin small letter k U+006B n latin small letter n U+006E p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074 v latin small letter v U+0076