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Noun
Plural for the act of taking, or an action taken against someone or something, ostensibly in retaliation for another act that has not yet been committed
“One is the strong likelihood that the Americans will launch nuclear preemptive strikes on his country when they conclude that neither of Russia and China will side with North Korea.”