shock and awe


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shock and awe

n
(Military) military the strategy of using overwhelming force at the outset of a conflict in order to break the enemy's will to resist. Also called: rapid dominance
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Shock and awe is a military concept of rapid dominance to disorient an opponent and sap their will to fight.
But this is the exact quantity of shock and awe that the BJP needed.
He said: "There is a sense of shock and awe as I felt we were competitive and then it's three quick goals and we've lost 3-1.
New Release: Shock And Awe Cast: Woody Harrelson, James Marsden, Tommy Lee Jones Based on a true story, Shock And Awe follows two determined reporters, Jonathan Landay (Woody Harrelson) and Warren Stroebel (James Marsden); their boss, John Walcott (Rob Reiner), and war correspondent, Joe Galloway (Tommy Lee Jones), who lift the lid on abuse of power at its highest level and expose the truth about what led Americans into the longest and costliest war in their history.
In "Shock and Awe," Woody Harrelson and James Marsden play Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel, who during the run-up to the Iraq War in 2002 and 2003 worked for the Knight Ridder newspaper chain as the only reporters willing to question the Bush administration's claim that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction.
In Shock and Awe , director Rob Reiner depicts the story of two journalists, played by Woody Harrelson and James Marsden, covering the US presidential decision to invade Iraq in 2003 after the 9/11 attacks.
SHOCK AND AWE: GLAM ROCK AND ITS LEGACY, FROM THE SEVENTIES TO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY BY SIMON REYNOLDS NEW YORK: DEY STREET.
aThis is not a normal business, this is shock and awe,a Vitkova said at a press conference.
New York, October 5 ( ANI ): Miley Cyrus preparing for to "shock and awe" her fans on 'Saturday Night Live' show which she will be hosting this week.
THIS is in response to Paul Kokoski's 'Shock and awe (GDN, December 20) where he draws comparisons between abortion and the recent mass murder of 27 people (mostly children) at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, in the US.
Slaughter glorified by name Coventrated, Shock and Awe.
The Gospel of Rutba: War, Peace, and the Good Samaritan Story in Iraq tells of three Christians caught in the Shock and Awe campaign in Iraq who were rescued by Iraqui Muslims, protected, and sent on their way to safety with a mission: to tell the story of Rutba.