"preattack" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2007 December 27, “Protection for Endangered Whistle-Blowers”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "White House complaints that homeland defense would be threatened are, in fact, contradicted by the history of 9/11 and the F.B.I. field agent whose preattack warnings to superiors went unheeded.",
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          "ref": "2022 September 30, Michael Coden, “Letters: Against Cyberattacks”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "In contrast to cyberprotection, cyberresilience anticipates that a cyberattack will succeed. It has in place methods for rapid detection, cushioning the effects and quickly restoring systems to their pre-attack state.",
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        "Before an attack."
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  "word": "preattack"
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