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Surgical Strike — Éditeur Sega Développeur The Code Monkeys Date de sortie 1993 Genre Action, film interactif Mode de jeu Un joueur … Wikipédia en Français
surgical strike — n a carefully planned quick military attack intended to destroy something in a particular place without damaging the surrounding area … Dictionary of contemporary English
surgical strike — noun count a military attack, especially by air, that is designed to destroy something specific and to avoid wider damage … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
surgical strike — noun an attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target • Hypernyms: ↑strike * * * surgical strike UK US noun [countable] [singular surgical strike plural surgica … Useful english dictionary
Surgical strike — This page is about the military attack; for the Sega CD FMV game, see Surgical Strike (video game). A surgical strike is a military attack which results in, was intended to result in, or is claimed to have resulted in only damage to the intended… … Wikipedia
surgical strike — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms surgical strike : singular surgical strike plural surgical strikes a military attack, especially by air, that is designed to destroy something specific and to avoid wider damage … English dictionary
Surgical Strike (video game) — Infobox VG width= title= Surgical Strike caption= developer= The Code Monkeys publisher= Sega of America, Inc. distributor= Electro Source designer= series= engine= version= released= November 16th, 1994 genre= Action, Interactive movie modes=… … Wikipedia
surgical strike — noun (C) a carefully planned quick military attack intended to destroy something in a particular place without damaging the surrounding area … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
surgical — 1770, alteration of chirurgical; see SURGERY (Cf. surgery) + ICAL (Cf. ical). Related: Surgically. surgical strike: There is no such thing. Don t use unless in a quote, then question what that means. [Isaac Cubillos, Military Reporters Stylebook… … Etymology dictionary
strike — I n. refusal to work 1) to call, go (out) on; organize a strike 2) to conduct, stage a strike 3) to avert; break (up); settle a strike 4) a buyers ; general; hunger; official (BE); rent; sit down; sympathy; token; unofficial (BE), wildcat strike… … Combinatory dictionary
