A -ring is strongly 2-nil--clean if every element in is the sum of two projections and a nilpotent that commute. Fundamental properties of such -rings are obtained. We prove that a -ring is strongly 2-nil--clean if and only if for all , is strongly nil--clean, if and only if for any there exists a -tripotent such that is nilpotent and , if and only if is a strongly -clean SN ring, if and only if is abelian, is nil and is -tripotent. Furthermore, we explore the structure...