alpha strike

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alpha strike (plural alpha strikes)

  1. (military) A sudden, massive, devastating concentration of fire upon a single opponent in order to immediately neutralize the opponent with overwhelming force.
    • 2021 March 28, Drachinifel, 2:27:18 from the start, in The Drydock - Episode 139[1], archived from the original on 5 November 2022:
      But you did specify naval gunfire, and so at that point... yeah, I think Invincible is pretty much the one that takes the cake for "most devastating alpha strike". Everything else either took a lot longer to die, or had to be hit by a lot more shells before it went boom.