indiscriminate attack
indiscriminate attack. Int’l law. An aggressive act that (1) is not carried out for a specific military objective, (2) employs a means of combat not directed at a specific military objective, or (3) employs a means of combat the effects of which cannot be limited in accordance with an international protocol such as the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their protocols or the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907.