It is when a country attacks another country (or entity) that it fears may plan to attack it later. In other words, it takes action not because of factual threat but of mere potential risk. The precautionary principle is also applied when someone is detained or jailed not because of what he has actually done but because of what the government or police think he may potentially do.
The United States attacked and occupied Iraq using the Precautionary Principle. Nothing would prevent it to use the same principle to attack Iran.
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Seizing the opportunity to take preemptive retaliation for something you know will happen.
Messing around with friends often escalates with some crescendo event that signals the end to the fun. To pretaliate is to abruptly advance the inevitable ensuring that you are never the target. Pretaliatory action must ensure that nobody wants to continue playing.
Messing around with friends often escalates with some crescendo event that signals the end to the fun. To pretaliate is to abruptly advance the inevitable ensuring that you are never the target. Pretaliatory action must ensure that nobody wants to continue playing.
As Ken and Jim where trading stink bombs while watching the game, Larry quietly decided he would pretaliate by taking a dump in the nacho dip.
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Get the pretaliate mug.Verb. To drink a caffeinated beverage before partaking of a more highly caffeinated beverage. Derived from the word "pregame," this act is often avoided due to its cheapening of the second caffeine buzz.
You: Hey, you wanna go grab some coffee?
Me: Alright, but I'm getting decaf.
You: What are you, some sort of pansy bitch?
Me: Naw dude, I'm drinking Monster later and I don't wanna precaf.
Me: Alright, but I'm getting decaf.
You: What are you, some sort of pansy bitch?
Me: Naw dude, I'm drinking Monster later and I don't wanna precaf.
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Get the precaf mug.The act of clapping for something too soon. Specifically, applauding at a concert before the song is over.
example 1: WTF, man??? He's only halfway through the song. How long have you suffered from preclapulation?
example 2: You clap at the END of the set, not for each individual song. Preclapulate much?
example 2: You clap at the END of the set, not for each individual song. Preclapulate much?
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