preattack

See also: pre-attack

English

Alternative forms
  • pre-attack

Etymology

From pre- +‎ attack.

Adjective

preattack (not comparable)

  1. Before an attack.
    • 2007 December 27, “Protection for Endangered Whistle-Blowers”, in New York Times‎:
      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.
    • 2022 September 30, Michael Coden, “Letters: Against Cyberattacks”, in The New York Times‎:
      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.
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