salient
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- noun
- /ˈseɪljənt/
- Specialized
:
saliente
- And in France, the Germans advanced along the Saint-Michel salient taking in the town of Saint Ramelle and Toulon.
- the southern salient
- German salient
- salient to the south
Still, straightening out the San Mihail salient was in itself a pretty big prize.
- Still, straightening out the San Mihail salient was in itself a pretty big prize.
Examples
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The result proved to be mayhem as more Targan sections poured through the salient and overran entire groups.
Fiction book (1992) -
And then Patton, in a brilliant shift of position, launched an attack from the Ardennes salient to the south, and the Americans began to feel hope.
Fiction book (1990) -
Still, straightening out the San Mihail salient was in itself a pretty big prize.
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And we see further South that the battle on the EEP salient was now the battle for the EEP salient.
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So, to counter this, all vehicle movement was forbidden south of a specified road that ran across the salient of South Armagh.
Academic text (2011) -
This entire German salient, holding up the Argonne advance depends for ammunition and supplies on the Decauville Railroad, which as you know, lies just beyond these hills.
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As Sinklar watched, the second salient breached the Nineteenth's lines and poured into the orchard.
Fiction book (1992) -
Meanwhile, unknown to Axel, the majority of Mayz's Fourth Targan would attempt to carve two salients into the defenses: one on the western gardens, the other through the eastern orchards.
Fiction book (1992) -
A battle was unfolding, the Faiengis mobilizing to greet the Veretane waiting past the Miello salient; and the Veretane escort, not Doppelganger, failed to appear in the sensors.
Fiction book (2001) -
The military strategists chose to defend the salient, knowing it was more vulnerable to enemy attacks.
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Etymology
Salient comes from the Latin salire 'to leap' and is the same root you see in assault; in war it names the part of a line that 'leaps' forward toward the enemy, making it more exposed to attack.