surgical strike noun

n [C]

Definition

a type of military attack which is made in an exact way on a particular place

A surgical strike was carried out on the enemy's military headquarters.

(Definition of surgical strike noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Synonyms and related words:

worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

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