retaliatory blow
1counterblow — noun a return blow; a retaliatory blow • Hypernyms: ↑blow …
2John F. Kennedy: Soviet Missiles in Cuba — ▪ Primary Source On Sunday, October 14, 1962, a U.S. surveillance flight over Cuba took photographs furnishing incontrovertible evidence that Soviet medium range missiles were already in place on the island and that sites for more advanced… …
3strike force — noun Date: 1955 1. an armed force equipped to deliver a strong offensive or retaliatory blow 2. a team of federal agents assigned to investigate organized crime in a specific area …
4force de frappe — foreign term Etymology: French a force equipped to deal a quick offensive or retaliatory blow …
5Chingiz Abdullayev — Chingiz Akif oglu Abdullayev Born 7 April 1959(1959 04 07) Baku Occupation Writer Chingiz Akif oglu Abdullayev (Azerbaijani: Çingiz Akif oğlu Abdullayev; born April 7, 1959, Baku) is Azerbaijani writer, Secretary of the Union of Azerbaijani… …
6de|ter|rence — «dih TUR uhns, TEHR », noun. 1. the act or process of deterring: »The main objects of imprisonment should be…deterrence from crime and the reformation of offenders (Contemporary Review). 2. a deterrent: »It seems likely that deterrence carried by …
7international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
8DEFENSE FORCES — Ottoman and Mandatory Periods (1878–1948) The development of the self defense force of the yishuv was an influential part of the history of Jewish settlement in Ereẓ Israel. In the last quarter of the 19th century, when the first Jewish… …
9HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
10Israel — /iz ree euhl, ray /, n. 1. a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 5,534,672; 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Cap.: Jerusalem. 2. the people traditionally descended from Jacob; the Hebrew or Jewish people. 3 …
