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The phrase "a premeditated attack" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an attack that was planned in advance rather than being spontaneous or impulsive.
Example: "The authorities are investigating the incident as a premeditated attack on the government building."
Alternatives: "a calculated assault" or "an intentional strike".
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It was definitely a premeditated attack".
One thing is for sure: this was a premeditated attack.
Yet where the prosecution sees a premeditated attack, the defense sees an accident.
It was a premeditated attack that started and ended with a sucker punch.
They concluded that "government-affiliated thugs" had launched "a premeditated attack on Aung San Suu Kyi's motorcade".
"There is compelling evidence to suggest that this was a premeditated attack on behalf of Dahir Adan," Thornton said.
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As Mr Nunn put it: "In this new era, we are much more likely to have war by blunder or miscalculation - by interference from third parties - than from a deliberate premeditated attack". This was not a conference to raise the spirits.
The Bayern president used a TV talk show last night to launch an astonishing, premeditated attack on the manager Louis van Gaal.
Syeedy played an "absolutely integral" part in the murder, the judge said, describing the killing as a "carefully planned", "premeditated" attack on a vulnerable victim.
Shortly after Saleem's death, one of his daughters, Shazia Khan, said the attack was "a premeditated, brutal attack, pre-planned, intended to kill".
But speaking in Budapest on Tuesday, Mr Ignatieff said there had been a "calculated and premeditated attack" on his university.
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