second-strike
二连击,二垒安打,第二击,二击
Definitions
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- : noting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike.
Examples
The influential al Qaeda propagandist, who was born in New Mexico, died in a U.S. drone strike later that year.
Gunshots rang out in Paris this morning on a second day of deadly violence that has stunned the French capital.
Should lightning strike and Hillary Clinton forgoes a presidential run, Democrats have a nominee in waiting.
And as he adjusted to this change in circumstances, he screamed at himself a second time: Wait!
A second document was titled: “Gambia Reborn: A Charter for Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy and Development.”
In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.
On his head was the second-hand hat of some parvenu's coachman, gold lace, cockade and all.
The beauty, the mystery,—this fierce sunshine or something—stir——' She hesitated for a fraction of a second.
Roman Pane who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage alludes to another method of using the herb.
He set down as the second the golden rule, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.”