Question of the Day #384

"In 2016 after the terror attack at Uri, when India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a ‘surgical strike’...."
From the first paragraph of this article at the Observer Research Foundation.

上記の文で、surgical strikeの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "surgical strike" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、


《軍事》〔入念に計画された迅速な〕ピンポイント攻撃

「手術のように、的を絞った攻撃」という意味から。手術では、患部以外に傷をつけないことから、surgical strikeとは攻撃目標以外にダメージを与えない攻撃のこと。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a carefully planned military attack that does not damage the surrounding area

Examples

• A surgical strike was carried out on the enemy's military headquarters.
• The new figures cast doubt on the government's claim to have achieved a surgical strike against military targets.
• The expression "a surgical strike" contains its own inherent contradiction.
• I do not trust those who say that a quick surgical strike by air will be effective.
• I can easily imagine what disasters could result from a so-called ‘surgical strike’ of this kind today.