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# How to pronounce "second strike" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/sɛkɒndstræɪk/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **se·con·dstrike**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "second strike" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "- Just when you thought it was really bad, and then you kind of realize about the submarines, I mean, the submarines are what are called second strike capacity, and submarines were described to me this way, they are as dangerous to civilization, and let me say, a nuclear armed, nuclear powered submarine, is as dangerous to civilization as an asteroid."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 26:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXgGR8KxFao&t=1568s)

### Example 2
> "They're SSBN um submarines. Uh SSBN stands for subsurface ballistic nuclear uh that form part of Chinese Sorry, China's second strike sea-based nuclear deterrent. And you can you can identify them. You see that little sort of rectangular hump on the back there? Mhm. That's basically where the ballistic missiles go in and they go in vertically. And you found is something"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 11:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ODPHLN91jY&t=712s)

### Example 3
> "People said a strike had happened. Then we went back to sleep thinking the targeting was over. But then, the second strike hit. A couple of other developments to bring you today. The defense secretary, John Healey, has confirmed British forces based in Iraq shot down two Iranian drones fired at a Western coalition military base in Erbil overnight. A number of US troops were injured as some"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 6:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1XJ1cK9bLk&t=404s)

### Example 4
> "much of a constituency in the United States, so it's going to be hard to get a case in front of the Supreme Court to call it illegal. The second strike, that's a different different situation. And and just very quickly, we've heard we've seen the Democrats calling on encouraging US troops to refuse illegal"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 7:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMD6Vt-3Byg&t=455s)

### Example 5
> "military hero and thought to be used for preemptive or retaliatory attacks and it showed that once North Korea has this submarine it would be able to perfect its second strike capability which means its ability to respond to a nuclear attack with nuclear retaliation and for some time now Kim Jong-un has made it clear that having this nuclear-propelled submarine which can run without refueling for 20 years or even longer is one of his main military objectives"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUk_5hfRXAs&t=196s)

### Example 6
> "particular scrutiny as there was not one but two strikes with survivors of the first killed in the second. Several legal experts told the BBC that the second strike on the boat by the US military was probably illegal and would likely be considered an extrajudicial killing under international law. The White House said it had acted in line with the laws of armed conflict to"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 5:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPbvde0NDE4&t=321s)

### Example 7
> "House is not budging. Uh although I will note that they originally denied that there had been a second strike uh calling it made up and uh fake news, but yesterday uh the White House confirmed that it had happened, but did not go so far as to say that uh Pete Hagsv had ordered it. Okay, we'll come back to uh"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEbNkTNSwb4&t=278s)

### Example 8
> "civilians a glimpse of survivors trying to flee then this a second strike this video appears to show how the funeral of One Man became the slaughter of many in the wreckage a rush to help the victims bombed as they paid their last"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzBQYSLUSTA&t=16s)

### Example 9
> "uh there are claims that this attack um could have been a so-called double tap strike. So, the first strike uh and a couple of minutes later and rescuers have arrived uh a second strike to deliberately target rescue workers. Do you think that's likely?"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 7:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezx1yoALRyo&t=468s)

### Example 10
> "more vulnerable. These subs are moving underwater and the logic here is to preserve a survivable second strike. So those subs are operating all over the place all the time. the other side doesn't know where they are. And so this move that they're coming closer, perhaps it could depress flight times if one of"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTybrigsGd0&t=138s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [second](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/second), [strike](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/strike)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "second strike" correctly?
"second strike" is pronounced `/sɛkɒndstræɪk/`. Syllable breakdown: **se·con·dstrike**.

### What does "second strike" mean in context?
Refer to real speech examples in the video clips above to observe how native speakers use "second strike" in daily English.

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