strategy
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- noun
- /ˈstrætədʒi/
- Specialized
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estrategia militar
- The biggest problem with Obama's new grand strategy is its troublesome domestic politics.
- grand strategy
- containment strategy
- counterinsurgency strategy
And what grand strategy is, is simply this.
- And what grand strategy is, is simply this.
- We're going to get into some world strategy when it comes to nuclear warfare.
- Second best strategy is a stalemate, nobody wins.
- You have these qualities in your book about the strategies of war.
- But this was the sort of grand strategy.
- Leaving behind empty cities for Chang to capture becomes classic communist strategy, as Mao puts it.
- But the change in US strategy will have come too late for the Eastern European countries.
- At times it feels like risk, like that sort of grand strategy.
- But I'm more Masashi based in the teachings, combat and strategy.
Examples
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Sound military strategy involves taking your enemy by surprise.
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This is our war now and we will win it as we always have, with a coordinated military strategy.
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But the change in US strategy will have come too late for the Eastern European countries.
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Lieutenant, our strategy shall be the element of surprise.
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If the goal is to prevent extinction, a key strategy is to prevent endangerment in the first place.
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After that, they shifted to a purely containment strategy.
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The general developed a comprehensive military strategy to ensure victory in the upcoming battle.
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Our military strategy focuses on coordinating air and ground forces to maximize effectiveness.
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The success of the operation depended on an effective military strategy that accounted for unexpected enemy movements.
Synonyms
Planning and leading large military actions during a war
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A plan by one country to help itself by hurting other countries' trade
A plan to make people think better of a brand by using persuasion and dishonest tactics
- Jargon
A way of leading where one person gives orders and controls other people
- Formal
A plan for how countries work together to manage money and trade
- Jargon
A public relations plan used to explain and defend Israel's government actions to people abroad
- NSFW
A plan that makes people or machines stop working without causing death and without causing damage
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strategy comes from the Greek words strategia and strategos, meaning 'army leader' or 'general'. So a strategy was originally the plan of a general for war, which explains its military meaning today.