surprise attack


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Noun1.surprise attack - an attack without warningsurprise attack - an attack without warning    
attack, onrush, onset, onslaught - (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"
terrorist attack - a surprise attack involving the deliberate use of violence against civilians in the hope of attaining political or religious aims
ambuscade, ambush, lying in wait, trap - the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
pre-emptive strike - a surprise attack that is launched in order to prevent the enemy from doing it to you
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The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) caught the militants in southern Idlib off guard, today, as they launched a surprise attack at the town front-line town of Sukayk.
A BRITISH man was raped in Ibiza after being thrown to the ground during a surprise attack.
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22 (Saba) - The armed forces spokesman on Friday affirmed that the army, supported by popular forces, launched a surprise attack on the saudi-led mercenaries' sites in Bayda killing and injuring dozens, including the so-called Fadhha front commander who belongs to the forces of mercenaries.
The surprise attack left 20 militants killed, including the field commander, while the army recovered large quantities of weapons and various ammunition.
>> Bodysgallen Hall, Llandudno Bodysgallen, near Llandudno, is believed to have begun life as a watchtower for Conwy Castle, probably in the C13th, to warn of surprise attack.
Massdar news reported on Tuesday that Ahrar Al-Sham launched a surprise attack on a military base of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at in the Northwestern part of Aleppo.
The advancement of the Yemeni Armed Forces, according to a Yemeni military source which was quoted by the website of (September Net), came following a surprise attack of the army forces supported by the Arab Coalition's Apache helicopter gunships against the military sites of the Iranian-backed Al-Houthi militia in the Directorate of Khoob Al-Shaghaf northern Al-Jawf.
On September 6, 1965, Indian forces launched a surprise attack on Pakistan and crossed the international border under the cover of darkness.
On March 20, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that police had identified individuals and organisations with potential to carry out last minute surprise attack to create chaos during the GE14.
'China launches surprise attack on Taiwan to forestall a possible declaration of independence.